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cat flea
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cat flea - flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and ratsCtenocephalides felisflea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leapCtenocephalides, genus Ctenocephalides - an arthropod genus of fleas |
EncyclopediaSeefleacat flea
cat flea A haematophagous insect which primarily infests domestic cats (Felix catus).flea (fle) An insect of the order Siphonaptera. Fleas are wingless, suck blood, and have legs adapted for jumping. Usually they are parasitic on warm-blooded animals, including humans. Fleas of the genus Xenopsylla transmit the plague bacillus (Yersinia pestis) from rats to humans. Fleas may transmit other diseases such as tularemia, endemic typhus, and brucellosis. They are intermediate hosts for cat and dog tapeworms.  FLEAcat flea See: Ctenocephalidesillustrationchigger fleaTunga penetrans.dog flea See: Ctenocephalideshuman fleaPulex irritansrat fleaXenopsylla cheopisillustrationcat flea
Related to cat flea: human fleaSynonyms for cat fleanoun flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and ratsSynonymsRelated Words- flea
- Ctenocephalides
- genus Ctenocephalides
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