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‖ Amphipoda, n. pl. Zool.|æmˈfɪpədə|
The sing. is supplied by amphipod.
[mod.L. amphipoda prop. adj. (sc. animalia); f. Gr. ἀµϕί both + -ποδα (πούς) foot, -footed.]
An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea, having feet of two kinds (in which they differ from the Isopoda), of which the common sand-hopper is an example.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 197/2 The Edriophthalmia contain three orders, the Amphipoda, etc. 1874Wood Nat. Hist. 728 The first order of the Sessile-eyed Crustaceans is termed the Amphipoda. |