Sand flea Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
    sand hopper; beach flea; sandhopper.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of flea which inhabits, or breeds in, sandy places, especially the common dog flea . (b) the chigoe . (c) Any leaping amphipod crustacean; a beach flea, or orchestian. See Beach flea, under Beach.

Webster 1913