n. a tiny, one-man speedboat driven by a powerful motor and much used for racing, so called because it skims the surface of the water.
- 1958  If your predictions about the boat-boom are correct--and I'm afraid they are--it shouldn't be long before we can cross from island to mainland by hopping from one sea-flea to the next, like Eliza crossing the ice.
- 1959  Seven distributors are lining the southwest corner of the plaza with boats, ranging from sea fleas to cabin cruisers. . . .