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SANDHOPPER

• SANDHOPPER (noun)
The noun SANDHOPPER has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: SANDHOPPER used as a noun is very rare.

• SANDHOPPER (noun)

Sense 1

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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 ("sandhopper" is a kind of...):

amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)

Holonyms ("sandhopper" is a member of...):

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

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