Amphipodan.
Zool.
With pl. concord. 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.
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Amphipoda1837
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 197/2 The Edriophthalmia contain three orders, the Amphipoda, etc.
1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 728 The first order of the Sessile-eyed Crustaceans is termed the Amphipoda.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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