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sand fleas

sand fleas is the plural of sand flea.

Meaning of sand flea

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).

Questions about sand fleas

What is sand fleas the plural of?
Sand fleas is the plural of sand flea.

Words near sand fleas in the dictionary

  1. sand engine
  2. sand engines
  3. sand fence
  4. sand fences
  5. sand flea
  6. sand fleas
  7. sand flies
  8. sand flounder
  9. sand flounders
  10. sand fly
  11. sand fox

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