sand flea

See also: sandflea

English

Noun

sand flea (plural sand fleas)

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).

Synonyms

• sandhopper
• beachhopper

Translations

crustacean of the family Talitridae

• Catalan: puça de mar f
• Dutch: zandvlo (nl) m or f
• Galician: piollo pato m, pulga da area f
• German: Strandfloh m
• Irish: dreancaid mhara f, dreancaid trá f
• Maori: potipoti, mōwhiti

Tunga penetrans — see chigoe