sand flea

noun

1. beach flea.
2. chigoe.

sand flea

noun

1. See chigoe, sand hopper
   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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