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Meaning of "sand flea" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAND FLEA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAND FLEA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sand flea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAND FLEA

sand blind
sand castle
sand colic
sand crab
sand crack
sand dab
sand desert
sand dollar
sand dune
sand eel
sand goby
sand hopper
sand lance
sand launce
sand leek
sand lizard
sand martin
sand painting
sand shrimp
sand smelt

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAND FLEA

achillea
azalea
beach flea
beflea
bougainvillea
cochlea
deflea
Elea
flea
galea
Heraclea
jigger flea
lea
olea
palea
Penthesilea
pilea
plea
talea
water flea

Synonyms and antonyms of sand flea in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sand flea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAND FLEA

Find out the translation of sand flea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sand flea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sand flea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙蚤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulgas de arena
570 millions of speakers

English

sand flea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेत पिस्सू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برغوث الرمل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

песок блох
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

areia pulgas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালি flea
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sable puces
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loak pasir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sandfloh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砂ノミ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모래 벼룩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wolung wedhi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trời cát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் பிளே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळू पिसू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kum pırı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulce di mare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piasek pcheł
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пісок бліх
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nisip purici
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψύλλων άμμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zandvlo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sand loppa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sand loppe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sand flea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND FLEA»

The term «sand flea» is normally little used and occupies the 125.208 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND FLEA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sand flea» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sand flea» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sand flea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAND FLEA»

Discover the use of sand flea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sand flea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ultimate Guide to Flea Control
Sand fleas Sand flea is the common name for a number of species that live in the sand by large areas of water and can also attach themselves to fish and eat through their skin. When researching sand fleas, you will find articles about them in ...
Luke Styles
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Sand Flea in the Side of a Canoe
A sand flea living in a Native American canoe narrates his journeys and what he has witnissed.
Maria Pascua, Northwest Native American Curriculum Project, 2002
3
The Magazine of Natural History: 1836
The male of the sand flea is unknown. Fig. 42. represents a less swollen female, from beneath. By comparing the sand flea with our common flea, we find that the former absolutely belongs to the genus Pulex, and is distinguished chiefly from ...
‎1836
4
The Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, ...
The male of the sand flea is unknown. Fig. 42. represents a less swollen female, from beneath. By comparing the sand flea with our common flea, we find that the former absolutely belongs to the genus Pulex, and is distinguished chiefly from ...
‎1836
5
Magazine of Natural History
The male of the sand flea is unknown. Fig. 42. represents a less swollen female, from beneath. By comparing the sand flea with our common flea, we find that the former absolutely belongs to the genus Pulex, and is distinguished chiefly from ...
John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson, 1836
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The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, ...
The male of the sand flea is unknown. Fig. 42. represents a less swollen female, from beneath. By comparing the sand flea with our common flea, we find that the former absolutely belongs to the genus Pulex, and is distinguished chiefly from ...
J. C. Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, 1836
7
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
TMK sAND FLEA. travels, mentions he met them for sale at Venice and Augsburg with silver or steel collars around their necks. What lively charms they would make to a lady's watch-chain — quite outrivaling the Atlantic cable souvenirs !
‎1859
8
The 80 Year Dash
that he is a murderer, and told to bring the dead sand flea to him. When the recruit returned with what he thinks might be a sand flea, he is informed that it is the wrong sand flea and told to find the right one. Meanwhile, the rest of us are still at ...
Wells Field, 2012
9
The Steamer Parish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Medicine ...
Spreading along caravan routes, it took only twenty-five years for the sand flea to migrate completely across the continent and then leapfrog to Zanzibar, and thereafter to Malawi. Impregnated sand fleas deposit their larvae under the toenails ...
Charles M. Good, 2004
10
Farewell to the Internal Clock: A Contribution in the Field ...
There are a few marine organisms that not only maintain the rhythm of high and low tides under constant conditions at a biological institute but also reflect other features of the tidal rhythms. The “beach hide-and-seek” behavior of the sand flea  ...
Gunter Klein, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAND FLEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sand flea is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Jigger' fleas burrow so deep that victims must have them cut out of …
Jiggers, or chigoe fleas, are sand fleas found in Sub-Saharan climates that burrow ... wiping away the flea and the surrounding pus and blood with cotton wool. «Daily Mail, Nov 14»
2
Fresh hope as new anti-jigger treatment replaces thorns, needles
The jiggers flea, also known as sand flea, Chigoe or scientifically as Tunga penetrans survives best in sandy and dusty environments but has received little ... «The Standard Digital News, Aug 14»
3
Boston Dynamics' Sand Flea robot jumps to overcome obstacles
Google's Boston Dynamics has developed an unassuming, eleven pound robot that is capable of jumping 30 ft into the air. Dubbed the Sand Flea, this little robot ... «Tech Gen Mag, Jul 14»
4
This Military Robot Can Jump From The Sidewalk Onto A Roof
But the "Sand Flea," weighing in at a mere 11 pounds (compared to Atlas' 330 pounds) can do something that none of these others can. It can jump, and it can ... «Business Insider, Apr 14»
5
Sun, Sand & Surf Fishing - If you don't have a boat, angle toward the …
During Tuesday's seminar, Broom said he prefers using a sand flea about the size of the tip of his middle finger when trying to snag a pompano in the surf. «Destin Log, Feb 14»
6
Atlas, Sand Flea, Other Robots Now Owned by Google
Boston Dynamics is the company behind such Internet-famous robots as Big Dog, Petman, WildCat, Cheetah and Sand Flea, which together have racked up ... «Wall Street Journal, Dec 13»
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The Week in Plagues: Invasive Cane Toads, A Sand Flea Living in a …
The Week in Plagues: Invasive Cane Toads, A Sand Flea Living in a ... And finally, here is a truly cringe-worthy story about a scientist who let a sand flea burrow ... «Popular Science, Nov 13»
8
How to take the bite out of life in the Lowcountry
What he calls the Culicoides furens, we call no-see-ums, sand fleas, sand gnats, sand flies. The official common name is the biting midge. Key word: biting. «Hilton Head Island Packet, Nov 13»
9
This Scientist Let a Flea Live Inside Her In Order to Study It
Where, exactly, does the sand flea have sex? ... So, “upon discovering a flea living in her foot, Thielecke - instead of reacting with the appropriate terror response ... «Smithsonian, Nov 13»
10
Sex and the Single Sand Flea
Foot fetish. The sand flea Tunga penetrans, here in a scanning electron microscope several days after penetrating the skin. The abdominal opening protrudes ... «Science Now, Nov 13»

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