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amphipod

American

[am-fuh-pod] / ˈæm fəˌpɒd /

noun

any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.

adjective

of or relating to the amphipods.

amphipod British

/ ˈæmfɪˌpɒd /

noun

any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca

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adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Amphipoda

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Etymology

Origin of amphipod

1825–35; < New Latin Amphipoda; see amphi-, -pod

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To answer this question, one of the team's PhD students, Annkathrin Dischereit, analysed the stomach contents of various amphipod species.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

Two active genes from the silkmaking amphipod legs are found in silkworms, she reported.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 12, 2024

Goto's team determined from morphological and molecular analyses that two of the three symbionts -- the bivalve Basterotia bonelliphila and amphipod Leucothoe bonelliae -- were new to science and deserved study of their evolutionary profiles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2023

A cave in Canada has been declared a globally significant location to preserve a rare amphipod.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2023

Crustacea, parasitic, loss of limbs by female; prehensile feet and antennae of; male, more active than female; parthenogenesis in; secondary sexual characters of; amphipod, males sexually mature while young; auditory hairs of.

From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

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