sand flea

sand flea

n.1. Any of various small crustaceans living on sandy beaches, such as a beach flea.2. See chigoe.

sand flea

n (Animals) another name for the chigoe¹, sand hopper

beach′ flea`

n. any of various tiny crustaceans that inhabit beaches and that jump like fleas. [1835–45, Amer.]

Thesaurus

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sand flea - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beachesbeach flea, sand hopper, sandhopperamphipod - a kind of malacostracan crustaceangenus Orchestia, Orchestia - type genus of the family Orchestiidae

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