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- noun Plural form of
sandhopper .
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Examples
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On this being remedied I sat down to write, but was soon driven upon the balcony, under the eaves, by myriads of fleas, which hopped out of the mats as sandhoppers do out of the sea sand, and even in the balcony, hopped over my letter.
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004
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When daylight comes, these sandhoppers scurry back to the upper beach, digging into burrows at an astonishing rate.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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When daylight comes, these sandhoppers scurry back to the upper beach, digging into burrows at an astonishing rate.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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At night, raccoons and striped skunks waddle down from the dunes, sharing the flotsam feast with swarms of sandhoppers—shrimplike creatures that can number 25,000 to the square meter.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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When daylight comes, these sandhoppers scurry back to the upper beach, digging into burrows at an astonishing rate.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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At night, raccoons and striped skunks waddle down from the dunes, sharing the flotsam feast with swarms of sandhoppers—shrimplike creatures that can number 25,000 to the square meter.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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At night, raccoons and striped skunks waddle down from the dunes, sharing the flotsam feast with swarms of sandhoppers—shrimplike creatures that can number 25,000 to the square meter.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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He ate his cake and climbed to the beach, and ran along it, watching the sandhoppers that skipped from under his boots at every step, and were lost on the instant.
The Ship of Stars Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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He eats up their eggs and the young shrimps, as well as sandhoppers, and indeed anything living which he can get into his big mouth.
Ernest Bracebridge School Days William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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"They was sun-dried an 'jolly as sandhoppers -- all their eight of 'em -- as we helped 'em on board an' wished 'em ta-ta!
News from the Duchy Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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