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sandflea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sand-flea
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas.

noun

One of the Talitridae family of marine amphipod crustaceans.

Etymology

From sand + flea.

Inflected Forms

sandfleas (plural)

Synonyms

sandfly sand fly no-see-um no-see-em noseeum sand gnat punkie punky

Questions

What does sandflea mean?
Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas.
Where does sandflea come from?
From sand + flea.

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