noun
small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
• Syn: ↑sand hopper, ↑sandhopper, ↑sand flea
• Hypernyms: ↑amphipod
• Member Holonyms: ↑Orchestia, ↑genus Orchestia
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noun : any of numerous amphipod crustaceans of the family Orchestiidae living on seabeaches and leaping like fleas
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any of various small crustaceans, found on beaches, that jump about like fleas.
[1835-45, Amer.]
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beach flea,
a small crustacean found on saltwater beaches that leaps like a flea; sand hopper; sand flea.
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n. a small crustacean of the seashore that typically lives among seaweed and leaps when disturbed. Also called , sand hopper. ● Orchestia and other genera, order Amphipoda
Useful english dictionary. 2012.