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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.]
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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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