beach flea

1. 1.

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

   Synonymssand hoppersandhoppersand flea

   Broaderamphipod

   Part ofOrchestia

Questions about beach flea

What does beach flea mean?

beach flea means "small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches".

What is another word for beach flea?

Close synonyms include sand hopper, sandhopper, sand flea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beach flea a common word?

beach flea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.