sand flea

noun — 2 senses

sand flea

noun
1

Any of various small crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda), that are found on beaches and jump like a flea.

2

A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans; a chigoe (family: Tungidae, order: Siphonaptera).

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