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

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

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

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

From Thankful's Inheritance by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby