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Definition of Beach flea
1. Noun. Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
Generic synonyms: Amphipod
Group relationships: Genus Orchestia, Orchestia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beach Flea
Literary usage of Beach flea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sand Dunes and Salt Marches by Charles Wendell Townsend (1913)
"As the waves of the flood tide wash away these erections, the water, entering
the holes of the beach flea, expells air which bubbles up for several seconds ..."
2. The American Teacher (1892)
"The beach-flea has no carapace covering both head and thorax. Remembering that
the thorax is that part of the body which bears the legs, we count seven ..."
3. Guide to Localities Illustrating the Geology, Marine Zoology, and Botany of by Amadeus William Grabau, Joseph Edmund Woodman (1898)
"... as well as farther down the beach, are always immense numbers of the leaping
amphipod Orchestia agilis, commonly called " beach-flea " or " sand flea. ..."
4. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"I have seen one try several times to swallow a large beach flea, and then actually
fly off with it in his ..."
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