beach flea

/bitʃ fli/
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Other forms: beach fleas

Definitions of beach flea
  1. noun
    small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
    synonyms: sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper
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    type of:
    amphipod
    a kind of malacostracan crustacean
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