SAND HOPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand hopper mean? 

• SAND HOPPER (noun)
  The noun SAND HOPPER has 1 sense:

1. small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

  Familiarity information: SAND HOPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND HOPPER (noun)

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Meaning:

Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

beach flea; sand flea; sand hopper; sandhopper

Hypernyms ("sand hopper" is a kind of...):

amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)

Holonyms ("sand hopper" is a member of...):

genus Orchestia; Orchestia (type genus of the family Orchestiidae)