amphipod

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amphipod /ˈamfɪpɒd/

▶noun Zoology a crustacean of the chiefly marine order Amphipoda, having a laterally compressed body and a large number of leg-like appendages.

– origin from mod. L. Amphipoda, from amphi- ‘of both kinds’ (because some legs are specialized for swimming and some for feeding) + Gk pous, pod- ‘foot’.

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