sand flea

American  

noun

1. beach flea.

2. chigoe.

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sand flea British  

noun

1. another name for the chigoe sand hopper

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Etymology

Origin of sand flea

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

The sand flea, also known as a chigger flea, is pretty gross.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 31, 2014

Somewhere along the line from Algeria to Tunisia to Sicily to Italy, Noles was bitten by a sand flea.

From Time Magazine Archive

A huge sand flea, heavy as a pebble, jumped first onto my chest and then onto my cheek, and I lurched upward, batting it away before it could bite me.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk

“You got to keep eating them. One oyster w-w-wouldn’t keep a sand flea alive.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

As Bailey Stitt expressed it, he "flew round like a sand flea in a mitten," hiring laborers, engaging masons, and getting his materials ready.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby