sandflea

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English

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Etymology

From sand +‎ flea.

Noun

sandflea (plural sandfleas)

Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas.
One of the Talitridae family of marine amphipod crustaceans.

Synonyms

(insect): sandfly, sand fly, no-see-um, no-see-em, noseeum, sand gnat, punkie, punky

References

“sandflea”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
sandflea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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