sand hopper

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sand hopper

See beach flea.

sand hopper

(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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sand 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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