Converse of object

• repel: Another example of this is how to repel fleas.

• kill: Maybe it will kill the fleas that showed up on the pet today.

• bite: Long term, it's a mangy, flea bitten, lousy dog.

• eliminate: Both these products are remarkable in their efficiency in eliminating fleas.

• treat: The Mining Company: Veterinary Medicine Details on everything from treating fleas to major diseases.

• receive: Thai and Bamboo have now received precautionary flea and mange treatment after they were seen scratching more than usual.

Adjective modifier

• infected: Plague infected fleas lured from mice were used to produce a bacterium that was injected in to prisoners.

• female: Female fleas lay up to 600 eggs in each lifetime!

Modifies a noun

• beetle: In autumn 2000 cabbage stem flea beetles were found in the Borders - posing a potentially serious new problem for growers in Scotland.

• infestation: A trained eye isn't usually needed to spot a heavy flea infestation.

• circus: The majority of fleas in the flea circus are, however, dead.

• comb: Brush your cat or dog thoroughly with a flea comb.

• saliva: In cats and dogs, flea saliva is the most common allergen - the substance causing the reaction.

• collar: Do not wear dog or cat flea collars on your ankles or cattle ear tags on your shoes to ward off harvest mite larvae.

Noun used with modifier

• hedgehog: There are many different types, for example cat flea, dog flea, hedgehog flea even a human flea!

• rabbit: The rabbit flea can live for nine months at temperatures around the freezing point without feeding.

• rat: The cloth was infested with the rat fleas now known to be responsible for the spread of the disease.

• cat: The head of the cat flea larva is shown on the left.

• adult: Adult fleas live from a few weeks to over a year.

• dog: There are many different types, for example cat flea, dog flea, hedgehog flea even a human flea!