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AMPHIPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
Synonyms:
Amphipoda; order Amphipoda
Classified under:
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)
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