| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| amphipod |
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| SYLLABICATION: | am·phi·pod |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m f -p d |
| NOUN: | A small crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the beach flea, having a laterally compressed body with no carapace. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Amphipoda, order name : amphi– + New Latin -poda, -pod.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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