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am⋅phi⋅pod

[am-fuh-pod]
–noun
1. any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to the amphipods.

Origin:
1825–35; < NL Amphipoda; see amphi-, -pod
am·phi·pod     (ām'fə-pŏd')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A small crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the beach flea, having a laterally compressed body with no carapace.


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

amphipod

noun
a kind of malacostracan crustacean 

Amphipod

Am"phi*pod\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Amphipoda.

Amphipod

Am"phi*pod\, Amphipodan \Am*phip"o*dan\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.

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