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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Amphipoda \Am*phip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., FR. Gr. ? + ?, ? foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting
both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed
laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed
downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually
turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See
{Tetradecapoda} and {Arthrostraca}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
Amphipoda
n : small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice;
sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp [syn: {order Amphipoda}]