sand hopper
noun
Origin of sand hopper
First recorded in 1780–90
Words nearby sand hopper
sand dollar,
sand eel,
sand flea,
sand fly,
sand grouse,
sand hopper,
sand jack,
sand lance,
sand leek,
sand lily,
sand lizard
Example sentences from the Web for sand hopper
Amphipods, am′fi-pods, n. an order of small sessile-eyed crustaceans—a familiar example is the sand-hopper.
British Dictionary definitions for sand hopper
sand hopper
noun
any of various small hopping amphipod crustaceans of the genus Orchestia and related genera, common in intertidal regions of seashores
Also called: beach flea, sand flea