beach flea

English

Noun

beach flea (plural beach fleas)

1. Any of various amphipod crustaceans of the family Talitridae, which live on beaches and jump like fleas.

Synonyms

• sand flea, sandhopper

References

• “beach”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.