amphipod

Other forms: amphipods

Definitions of amphipod

1. noun

   a kind of malacostracan crustacean
   types:

   beach flea, sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper

   small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches

   skeleton shrimp

   small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed

   whale louse

   amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans

   type of:

   malacostracan crustacean

   a major subclass of crustaceans