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amphipod
CIDE DICTIONARY
amphipod, n.
One of the Amphipoda. [1913 Webster]
amphipod, a.
Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
amphipod, n. any crustacean of the largely marine order Amphipoda, having a laterally compressed abdomen with two kinds of limb, e.g. the freshwater shrimp (Gammarus pulex).
Etymology
AMPHI- + Gk pous podos foot
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