See Also: amphipod(medicine)
amphipod(dictionary)

amphipod (iou)



amphipod noun & adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin amphipoda (sc. animalia), from Greek AMPHI- + -POD.]
(A crustacean) of the largely marine order Amphipoda, members of which, e.g. sand-hoppers, have seven pairs of thoracic legs, some specialized for feeding and others for swimming. Cf. ISOPOD.