kum piresi
Talitrus saltator
#nm_0588📍 Turkey
- Language
- Turkish
- Transliteration
- kum piresi
- IPA
- /kum piɾeˈsi/
Compound: kum + pire kum: sand, pire: flea ↳ pire from Ottoman Turkish پیره pire, from Proto-Turkic *bürge (flea)
Sandhopper, a small amphipod about 2 cm long that burrows in beach sand above the tideline and leaps vigorously when disturbed. Common on north-east Atlantic and Mediterranean shores.