HyperDic: order_amphipoda

English > 1 sense of the expression order Amphipoda:
NOUNanimalorder Amphipoda, Amphipodasmall flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans
English > order Amphipoda: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers ; skeleton shrimp.
SynonymAmphipoda
Member ofMalacostraca, subclass Malacostracalargest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans
MembersCaprella, genus Caprellaskeleton shrimp
Cyamus, genus Cyamuswhale lice
Orchestiidae, family Orchestiidaebeach fleas
amphipodA kind of malacostracan crustacean
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishanfípodos
Catalanamfípodes

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