CAT FLEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cat flea mean? 

• CAT FLEA (noun)
  The noun CAT FLEA has 1 sense:

1. flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

  Familiarity information: CAT FLEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAT FLEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cat flea; Ctenocephalides felis

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)