sand flea

noun

beach flea.
chigoe.

Origin of sand flea

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby sand flea

sand crack, sand cricket, sand dab, sand dollar, sand eel, sand flea, sand fly, sand grouse, sand hopper, sand jack, sand lance

Example sentences from the Web for sand flea

  • Thus it is seen why the sand-flea cannot deposit its eggs as do the rest of the family.

    The Western World |W.H.G. Kingston

  • The tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) infests several districts; the sand-flea has been imported from the west coast.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 |Various

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

    The Western World |W.H.G. Kingston

  • This sand-flea is a small affair,—not the sand-flea, or chigre, of science—but a genuine flea.

    Company G |A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow

British Dictionary definitions for sand flea

sand flea

noun

another name for the chigoe (def. 1), sand hopper

Medical definitions for sand flea

sand flea

n.

chigoe