How many syllables in flea?

There is 1 syllable in the word flea.

Divide flea into syllables:

flea (noun):: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap.; any of an order (siphonaptera) of small wingless bloodsucking insects that have a hard laterally compressed body and legs adapted to leaping and that feed on warm-blooded animals

cat flea

chigger

chigoe

chigoe flea

ctenocephalides canis

ctenocephalides felis

dog flea

echidnophaga gallinacea

ectoparasite

ectozoan

ectozoon

epizoon

insect

order siphonaptera

pulex irritans

siphonaptera

sticktight

sticktight flea

tunga penetrans

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