amphipod

am·phi·pod

A0265400 (ăm′fə-pŏd′)n. Any of numerous small, chiefly aquatic crustaceans of the order Amphipoda, such as the beach flea, having a laterally compressed body with no carapace.

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[From New Latin Amphipoda, order name : amphi- + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

amphipod

(ˈæmfɪˌpɒd) n (Animals) any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostracaadj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Amphipoda

am•phi•pod

(ˈæm fəˌpɒd)

n. any small, flat-bodied crustacean of the order Amphipoda, having one set of limbs adapted for swimming and another for hopping, as the beach fleas and sand hoppers. [1825–35; < New Latin Amphipoda; see amphi-, -pod]

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amphipod - a kind of malacostracan crustacean malacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceansAmphipoda, order Amphipoda - small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimpbeach flea, sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beachesskeleton shrimp - small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweedwhale louse - amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans