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sand hopper

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sand hopper
n.
See beach flea.
sand hopper
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small hopping amphipod crustaceans of the genus Orchestia and related genera, common in intertidal regions of seashores Also called beach flea sand flea
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Noun1.sand hoppersand hopper - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
beach flea, sand flea, sandhopper
amphipod - a kind of malacostracan crustacean
genus Orchestia, Orchestia - type genus of the family Orchestiidae


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