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  • 21Raised beach — Beach Beach (b[=e]ch), n.; pl. {Beaches} ( [e^]z). [Cf. Sw. backe hill, Dan. bakke, Icel. bakki hill, bank. Cf. {Bank}.] 1. Pebbles, collectively; shingle. [1913 Webster] 2. The shore of the sea, or of a lake, which is washed by the waves;… …

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  • 22sand flea — noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches • Syn: ↑beach flea, ↑sand hopper, ↑sandhopper • Hypernyms: ↑amphipod • Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestia, ↑ …

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  • 23Sand flea — Sand Sand, n. [AS. sand; akin to D. zand, G. sand, OHG. sant, Icel. sandr, Dan. & Sw. sand, Gr. ?.] 1. Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent …

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  • 24sand flea — 1. See beach flea. 2. chigoe. [1790 1800] * * * or beach flea Hopping terrestrial crustacean (family Talitridae). The European sand flea (Talitrus saltator) is about 0.6 in. (1.5 cm) long. The long horned sand flea (T. longicornis), found on the… …

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  • 25sand flea — noun Date: 1796 1. a flea (as a chigoe) found in sandy places 2. any of numerous amphipod crustaceans (family Talitridae) living on ocean beaches and leaping like fleas called also beach flea …

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  • 26sand-flea — n. Beach flea, sandhopper, amphiped, sea flea …

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  • 27sand flea — sand′ flea n. 1) ent beach flea 2) ent chigoe • Etymology: 1790–1800 …

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  • 28sea flea — noun : beach flea …

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  • 29San Jose Flea Market — The San Jose Flea Market, located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, was founded by George Bumb Sr. in March 1960. His idea to open a flea market sparked while working in the solid waste and landfill business. He witnessed an abundance of… …

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  • 30Higgins Beach — Infobox Settlement official name = Higgins Beach other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo size = mapsize = 200px… …

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