amphipod

American  

[am-fuh-pod] / ˈæm fəˌpɒd /

noun

1. any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the amphipods.

amphipod British  

/ ˈæmfɪˌpɒd /

noun

1. any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Amphipoda

Etymology

Origin of amphipod

1825–35; < New Latin Amphipoda; amphi-, -pod

Example Sentences

The amphipod was discovered at a depth of 2,602 meters in a mussel bed within the Galápagos Rift hydrothermal vent fields.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

"We were able to prove for the first time that amphipod scavengers feed on the remains of jellyfish. This had previously only been shown in experimental environments."

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Researchers had assumed that all the silk tube–makers grouped together, and all the species that no longer made silk belonged on a different branch of the amphipod family tree.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 12, 2024

A cave in Canada has been declared a globally significant location to preserve a rare amphipod.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

The Stomapoda are extremely modified Edriophthalmia of the amphipod type.

From Critiques and Addresses by Huxley, Thomas Henry