dog flea

1. 1.

   flea that attacks dogs and cats

   SynonymsCtenocephalides canis

   Broaderflea

   Part ofCtenocephalides

Questions about dog flea

What does dog flea mean?

dog flea means "flea that attacks dogs and cats".

What is another word for dog flea?

Close synonyms include Ctenocephalides canis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dog flea a common word?

dog flea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.