dog flea

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dog flea - flea that attacks dogs and cats

Ctenocephalides canis

flea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

Ctenocephalides, genus Ctenocephalides - an arthropod genus of fleas

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In fact, the Lyme disease spirochete has been isolated from virtually all blood-sucking insects: deer tick, brown dog tick, lone star tick, American dog tick (also mentioned by Potter), black-legged tick, Western black-legged tick, dog flea, cat flea, rodent flea, bot fly, horse fly, deer fly, and at least 15 species of mosquito.