beach flea

English

Noun

beach flea (plural beach fleas)

Any of various amphipod crustaceans of the family Talitridae, which live on beaches and jump like fleas.

Synonyms

sand flea, sandhopper

References

“beach”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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