Assertion: flea's body | /r/HasProperty | compressed
Facets:
value: laterally
type: MANNER
value: from side
type: MANNER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Their bodies are laterally compressed, permitting easy movement through the hairs or feathers on the host's body.
text: Their bodies are shiny and reddish brown in color, covered with microscopic hair and are compressed to allow for easy movement through animal fur.
text: Their bodies are laterally compressed, permitting easy movement through the hairs or feathers on the host's body (or in the case of humans, under clothing).
text: Fleas have a laterally compressed body, a tough, smooth cuticle with many backward-projecting bristles, and relatively long legs.
text: The body is usually compressed from side to side (i.e., height is greater than width), thus in part facilitating rapid sliding movement through algal fronds (leaflike structures).