Meanings
nounsand flea (plural sand fleas)
plural sand fleas
- Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
Synonyms: beach hopper, sand hopper, sea flea
- A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe (family: Tungidae, order: Siphonaptera).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
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Translations
Catalan puça de mar
- puça de marcrustacean of the family Talitridae
Dutch zandvlo
- zandvlocrustacean of the family Talitridae
German Strandfloh
- Strandflohcrustacean of the family Talitridae
Irish dreancaid mhara, dreancaid trá
- dreancaid mharacrustacean of the family Talitridae
- dreancaid trácrustacean of the family Talitridae
Māori potipoti, mōwhiti
- potipoticrustacean of the family Talitridae
- mōwhiticrustacean of the family Talitridae
Cite this entry
APA
sand flea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20flea
MLA
“sand flea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20flea. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sand flea,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sand%20flea.
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