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Definition of Sand hopper
1. Noun. Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
Generic synonyms: Amphipod
Group relationships: Genus Orchestia, Orchestia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Hopper
Literary usage of Sand hopper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"The dry sand hopper is elevated sufficiently to permit the sand to be drawn from
it by gravity through a spout inclining toward the engine on the side ..."
2. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"The dry sand hopper is elevated sufficiently to permit the sand to be drawn from
it by gravity through a spout inclining toward the engine on the side of ..."
3. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... relates that in Davis Straits he has seen an entire seal reduced to a perfect
skeleton in less than two days, by Gam- It is a species of Sand-hopper ..."
4. Diversions of a Naturalist by Edwin Ray Lankester (1915)
"A good-sized sand-hopper is about half an inch long, and jumps not by means of a
... The sand-hopper (Fig. 20, a) has some of the rings or segments of the ..."
5. American Railway Bridges and Buildings: Official Reports, Association by Walter Gilman Berg (1898)
"The outlet valve in bottom of dry sand hopper is entirely different from any of
the others submitted, being cone-shaped, run to a point in a vertical ..."
6. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway, Bridge and (1895)
"The outlet valve in bottom of dry sand hopper is entirely different from any of
the others submitted, being cone-shaped, run to a point in a vertical ..."
7. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"The dry sand hopper is elevated sufficiently to permit the sand to be drawn from
it by gravity through a spout inclining toward the engine on the side ..."
8. Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals by John Albert Droege (1912)
"The dry sand hopper is elevated sufficiently to permit the sand to be drawn from
it by gravity through a spout inclining toward the engine on the side of ..."
9. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... relates that in Davis Straits he has seen an entire seal reduced to a perfect
skeleton in less than two days, by Gam- It is a species of Sand-hopper ..."
10. Diversions of a Naturalist by Edwin Ray Lankester (1915)
"A good-sized sand-hopper is about half an inch long, and jumps not by means of a
... The sand-hopper (Fig. 20, a) has some of the rings or segments of the ..."
11. American Railway Bridges and Buildings: Official Reports, Association by Walter Gilman Berg (1898)
"The outlet valve in bottom of dry sand hopper is entirely different from any of
the others submitted, being cone-shaped, run to a point in a vertical ..."
12. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway, Bridge and (1895)
"The outlet valve in bottom of dry sand hopper is entirely different from any of
the others submitted, being cone-shaped, run to a point in a vertical ..."
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