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Sand flea

noun

Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches. Synonyms: beach flea, sand hopper, sandhopper.

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"Sand flea" Quotes from Famous Books

... most of its exciting events. Where Fate refused to take him, he asserted his strong hand and took Fate, until that weary lady was forced to go hopping about the map of South Africa with the agility of a sand flea. ...

— On the Firing Line • Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

Words linked to "Sand flea" : Orchestia, amphipod, genus Orchestia, sandhopper, beach flea, sand hopper