Pet's pest (4 letters)

{ Answer }

FLEA

{ Related Clues }

Chigoe
One in the doghouse?
Hopper
Alpert's "Spanish ___"
Bother for a boxer
Boxer's annoyance
Cat nipper?
Cause of an itch
Circus performer
Dog biter
Dog botherer
Dog dogger
Doggone pest?
Dog's annoyance
Dog's bane
Fido's "uninvitee"
One going to the dogs?
Host seeker
One jumping in a doghouse?
Kind of bag
Kind of circus
Kind of collar
Kind of market
Leaping insect
Lover of fur?
Parasitic insect
Pest in a kennel
Setter settler
Tiny jumper
Typhus carrier
Formicide: ant :: pulicide : ___
Kind of market or circus
One nipping Nipper, maybe
Pet's tiny tormentor
Small circus performer
Target of some collars
Type of market or circus
Wee circus worker

{ Tags }

alperts, annoyance, bane, chigoe, circus, collar, dog, doghouse, dogs, fidos, flea, going, insect, jumper, kind, market, performer, pest, pets, small, tiny

{ Notes }

The answer FLEA is seen frequently, appearing about once every 160 puzzles.

{ Definition }

FLEA as a noun:

1. any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap