CAT FLEA

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Meaning:

Flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

Synonyms:

cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cat flea" is a kind of...):

flea (any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap)

Holonyms ("cat flea" is a member of...):

Ctenocephalides; genus Ctenocephalides (an arthropod genus of fleas)

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