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Webster 1913 Edition


Amphipoda


Am-phip′o-da

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἀμφί
+ [GREEK], [GREEK] foot.]
(Zool.)
A numerous group of fourteen – footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See
Tetradecapoda
and
Arthrostraca
.

Definition 2024


Amphipoda

Amphipoda

Translingual

Amphipoda sp.

Proper noun

Amphipoda

  1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Peracarida – very many shrimplike crustaceans.

Hyponyms