English Explanatory Dictionary

sand flea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
  2. A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe (family: Tungidae, order: Siphonaptera).

Word forms

sand flea sand fleas

Synonyms

sandhopper beachhopper
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