Definition of Cat flea

1. Noun. Flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats.

Exact synonyms: Ctenocephalides Felis
Generic synonyms: Flea
Group relationships: Ctenocephalides, Genus Ctenocephalides

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cat Flea

cat and mouse
cat and rat
cat bear
cat box
cat boxes
cat burglar
cat burglars
cat chow
cat cracker
cat diseases
cat distemper virus
cat fancier
cat flap
cat flaps
cat flea (current term)
cat food
cat got someone's tongue
cat hole
cat house
cat in the meal-tub
cat in the meal tub
cat in the sack
cat ladies
cat lady
cat litter
cat meat
cat milk
cat nap
cat naps

Literary usage of Cat flea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"The cat flea is the only one of the two species found in India, ... The cat flea has a longer and more slender head than its near relative. ..."

2. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"The cat-flea lays eight or ten eggs, which fall on the floor FIG. 134.—Dog or cat flea (t'ulex canis). o, maxilla^j po be longer and pointed): c, ..."

3. The Hair: Its Growth, Care, Diseases and Treatment by Charles Henri Leonard (1879)
"The accompanying illustration, figure 43, is a cut of the cat flea as seen when highly magnified. This is the variety most generally found on our persons, ..."

4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"NC Rothschild also exhibited examples of two species of flea, Ctenocephalus cani» (dog-flea) and Ctenocephalus felts (cat-flea), and stated that, ..."

5. The Flea by Harold Russell (1913)
"Thus man is the true host of Pulex irritans; the cat family are the true hosts of the cat-flea (Cteno- cephalus fdis); and the dog family are the true hosts ..."

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