AMPHIPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Amphipoda mean? 

• AMPHIPODA (noun)
  The noun AMPHIPODA has 1 sense:

1. small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp

  Familiarity information: AMPHIPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMPHIPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Amphipoda; order Amphipoda

Hypernyms ("Amphipoda" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Amphipoda"):

amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)

family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae (beach fleas)

Caprella; genus Caprella (skeleton shrimp)

Cyamus; genus Cyamus (whale lice)

Holonyms ("Amphipoda" is a member of...):

Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)