HyperDic: sand_hopper

English > 1 sense of the expression sand hopper:
NOUNanimalsand hopper, beach flea, sandhopper, sand fleasmall amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas
English > sand hopper: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
Synonymsbeach flea, sandhopper, sand flea
Member ofOrchestia, genus Orchestiatype genus of the family Orchestiidae
BroaderamphipodA kind of malacostracan crustacean

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