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sand flea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
sand flea
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Inflected Forms

sand fleas (plural)

Synonyms

beach hopper sand hopper sea flea beach flea sandhopper

Questions

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

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