Amphipod

Other forms: amphipods

Definitions of amphipod

noun
a kind of malacostracan crustacean

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types:
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

type of:
malacostracan crustacean
a major subclass of crustaceans

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