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sandbug

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sand⋅bug

[sand-buhg]
–noun
mole crab.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; sand + bug 1

mole crab

–noun
a burrowing crustacean of the genus Emerita, found on sandy ocean beaches of North America, having a distinctly curved carapace.
Also called sandbug.
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