amphipod

English

Etymology

From Amphipoda.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈam.fɪ.pɒd/

Noun

amphipod (plural amphipods)

A member of taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 212:
  We have managed just once, briefly, to send humans to that depth in a sturdy diving vessel, yet it is home to colonies of amphipods, a type of crustacean similar to shrimp but transparent, which survive without any protection at all.

Translations

member of order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans

Finnish: katka (fi)
Irish: amfapód m

Portuguese: anfípode m

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