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Definition of Cat flea
1. Noun. Flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats.
Generic synonyms: Flea
Group relationships: Ctenocephalides, Genus Ctenocephalides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cat Flea
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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