sand flea

noun

1. beach flea.
2. chigoe.

sand flea

noun

1. another name for the chigoe sand hopper

Word History and Origins

Origin of sand flea¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Sleeping on the open beach one night, I was eaten alive by sand fleas.

From Outside Online

The most interesting of the latter is perhaps a variety of the sand flea (Fig. 8—Gammarus pulex).

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Its an extremely choice specimen of a sand flea, said the professor, proudly, popping the little animal into a glass case.

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Imogene, whom he liked and who liked him, declared that "that young one had more jump in him than a sand flea."

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Mr Masterman makes some interesting remarks on the chigo, or sand-flea (Pulex penetrans).

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Farther up the beach, out of danger from the waves, I came upon a large sand-flea hopping along energetically.

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