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Definition of Sandhopper
1. Noun. Small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches.
Generic synonyms: Amphipod
Group relationships: Genus Orchestia, Orchestia
Definition of Sandhopper
1. Noun. sand flea ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sandhopper
Literary usage of Sandhopper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Comparative Pathology of Inflammation Delivered at the by Elie Metchnikoff (1893)
"... reaction—Diapedesis in intact Ascidians—Introduction of bacteria into the body
of Ascidians and Crustaceans—Infectious disease of sandhopper ..."
2. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"When he had got about half way, the sandhopper stopped eating, and turned towards
... Presently the sand rose nearer the sandhopper, the crab reappeared, ..."
3. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"A sandhopper is feeding amongst seaweed and a crab approaches behind a clump of
weed; ... When he had got about half-way, the sandhopper stopped eating, ..."
4. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... in fact a disease; and the infected sandhopper rapidly dies. It is a puzzling
fact—from the point of view of "the origin of species by the selection of ..."
5. Lectures on the Comparative Pathology of Inflammation Delivered at the by Elie Metchnikoff (1893)
"... reaction—Diapedesis in intact Ascidians—Introduction of bacteria into the body
of Ascidians and Crustaceans—Infectious disease of sandhopper ..."
6. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"When he had got about half way, the sandhopper stopped eating, and turned towards
... Presently the sand rose nearer the sandhopper, the crab reappeared, ..."
7. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"A sandhopper is feeding amongst seaweed and a crab approaches behind a clump of
weed; ... When he had got about half-way, the sandhopper stopped eating, ..."
8. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... in fact a disease; and the infected sandhopper rapidly dies. It is a puzzling
fact—from the point of view of "the origin of species by the selection of ..."
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