sand hopper

American

noun

beach flea.

sand hopper British

noun

Also called: beach flea. sand flea. any of various small hopping amphipod crustaceans of the genus Orchestia and related genera, common in intertidal regions of seashores

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Etymology

Origin of sand hopper

First recorded in 1780–90

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