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fleaWingless insect of the order Siphonaptera, with blood-sucking mouthparts. Fleas are parasitic on warm-blooded animals. Some fleas can jump 130 times their own height. Species include the human flea Pulex irritans; the rat flea Xenopsylla cheopsis, the transmitter of plague and typhus; and (fostered by central heating) the cat and dog fleas Ctenocephalides felis and C. canis. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Since he began taking animal cases in 1992, Rotsten has won $30,000 from a security company whose officers shot and killed a German shepherd that lived in a Laurel Canyon home they were patrolling, and $15,000 for a cat that died after a veterinarian gave it a flea treatment designed for cows. |
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