sandhopper

Questions about sandhopper

What does sandhopper mean?

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

How many syllables are in sandhopper?

sandhopper has 3 syllables: sand-hop-per. The stress falls on "sand".

What is another word for sandhopper?

Close synonyms include beach flea, sand hopper, 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 sandhopper a common word?

sandhopper 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.