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amphipod

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am·phi·pod  (mf-pd)
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 [ˈæmfɪˌpɒd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Amphipoda
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Noun1.amphipodamphipod - a kind of malacostracan crustacean  
malacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceans
Amphipoda, order Amphipoda - small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
beach flea, sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
skeleton shrimp - small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
whale louse - amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans


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Amphipods resemble miniature shrimp with their exoskeletons and multiple legs.
Because of their characteristics, estuarine amphipods typically are used to assess the ecologic risk associated with contaminated sediments.
The biologists suspect the snail-like limpets and shrimp arrived months later to dine on the amphipods and copepods.
 
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