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sand hopper
sand hoppern. See beach flea.sand hopper n (Animals) any of various small hopping amphipod crustaceans of the genus Orchestia and related genera, common in intertidal regions of seashores. Also called: beach flea or sand flea Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sand hopper - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beachesbeach flea, sand flea, sandhopperamphipod - a kind of malacostracan crustaceangenus Orchestia, Orchestia - type genus of the family Orchestiidae |
sand hopper
sand hopper[′san ‚häp·ər] (invertebrate zoology) The common name for gammaridean crustaceans found on beaches.
See sand hoppersand hopper
Synonyms for sand hoppernoun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleasSynonyms- beach flea
- sand flea
- sandhopper
Related Words- amphipod
- genus Orchestia
- Orchestia
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