sand flea

Meaning

Noun

  • 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).

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