| Definition of 'Amphipoda' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Amphipoda, order Amphipoda
small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
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| Definition of 'Amphipoda' |
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1. Amphipoda
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
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| Definition of 'Amphipoda' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Amphipoda
An order of mostly marine CRUSTACEA containing more than 5500 species in over 100 families. Like ISOPODA, the other large order in the superorder Peracarida, members are shrimp-like in appearance, have sessile compound eyes, and no carapace. But unlike Isopoda, they possess thoracic gills and their bodies are laterally compressed.
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