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Definition of Sand flea
1. Noun. Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
Generic synonyms: Amphipod
Group relationships: Genus Orchestia, Orchestia
Definition of Sand flea
1. Noun. Any of various small crustaceans of the order Amphipoda, that are found on beaches and jump like a flea. ¹
2. Noun. A small tropical flea, ''Tunga penetrans''; a chigoe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Flea
Literary usage of Sand flea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of North American Insects by Benedict Jaeger, Henry C. Preston (1859)
"The Sand-flea, or Chique, as we have already said, is very small; but the hind
body of the female, just before she deposits her eggs, swells to an enormous ..."
2. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"The region of the body sought out by preference by the sand flea is •the sole of
the foot, the toes, under the free ends of the nails and the ..."
3. The Geography of Disease by Frank Gerard Clemow (1903)
"The jigger, chigo, or sand-flea (Pulex penetrans) is an insect closely resembling,
but rather smaller than, the common domestic flea. ..."
4. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"PULEX PENETRANS (JIGGER, or SAND-FLEA). An almost microscopic parasite, observed
in our Southern States and in the tropics, resembling the common flea ..."
5. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"CHIGGER (sand flea). The chigger, or sand flea (Pulex penetrans), is distributed
widely over tropical and many parts of subtropical America and the West ..."
6. The Life of North American Insects by Benedict Jaeger, Henry C. Preston (1859)
"The Sand-flea, or Chique, as we have already said, is very small; but the hind
body of the female, just before she deposits her eggs, swells to an enormous ..."
7. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"The region of the body sought out by preference by the sand flea is •the sole of
the foot, the toes, under the free ends of the nails and the ..."
8. The Geography of Disease by Frank Gerard Clemow (1903)
"The jigger, chigo, or sand-flea (Pulex penetrans) is an insect closely resembling,
but rather smaller than, the common domestic flea. ..."
9. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"PULEX PENETRANS (JIGGER, or SAND-FLEA). An almost microscopic parasite, observed
in our Southern States and in the tropics, resembling the common flea ..."
10. A Text-book of the Practice of Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"CHIGGER (sand flea). The chigger, or sand flea (Pulex penetrans), is distributed
widely over tropical and many parts of subtropical America and the West ..."
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