sand flea

See also: sandflea

English

Noun

sand flea (plural sand fleas)

Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe (family: Tungidae, order: Siphonaptera).

Synonyms

sandhopper

Translations

a crustacean that lives in sand on beaches

Galician: piollo pato m, pulga da area f
German: Strandfloh m
Irish: dreancaid mhara f, dreancaid trá f

Maori: potipoti, mōwhiti

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