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BEACH FLEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does beach flea mean?
• BEACH FLEA (noun)
The noun BEACH FLEA has 1 sense:
1. small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
Familiarity information: BEACH FLEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
beach flea; sand flea; sand hopper; sandhopper
Hypernyms ("beach flea" is a kind of...):
amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)
Holonyms ("beach flea" is a member of...):
genus Orchestia; Orchestia (type genus of the family Orchestiidae)
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