Dog flea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun flea that attacks dogs and cats
    Ctenocephalides canis.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a species of flea (Pulex canis) which infests dogs and cats, and is often troublesome to man. In America it is the common flea. See Flea, and Aphaniptera.

Webster 1913