dog flea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dog flea
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The flea, Hystrichopsylla schefferi, is an awe-inspiring colossus that can reach nearly half an inch, its head alone the size of a cat or dog flea.
From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2014
In some sections of the country it is the cat and dog flea that is the most troublesome to man.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
The human flea may infest the dog and return to man, but the dog flea is a distinct species, and never remains permanently on the human host.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
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