A crustacean of the chiefly marine order Amphipoda.
Example sentencesExamples
Several clam species were observed on the sandier flats, and small crabs, amphipods, and isopods were available on the marsh surface.
For example, crickets infected with bacteria, Drosophila infested with mites, and amphipods harboring trematodes all increase reproductive activity.
Isopods and amphipods spend low tide buried in wrack, where variation in temperature and humidity is strongly damped relative to the exposed intertidal surface.
Roswell springsnail, Koster's tryonia and Pecos assiminea are small aquatic snails, while the Noel's amphipod is a freshwater shrimp.
In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.
Definition of amphipod in US English:
amphipod
nounˈamfəˌpäd
Zoology
A crustacean of the chiefly marine order Amphipoda.
Example sentencesExamples
Several clam species were observed on the sandier flats, and small crabs, amphipods, and isopods were available on the marsh surface.
Roswell springsnail, Koster's tryonia and Pecos assiminea are small aquatic snails, while the Noel's amphipod is a freshwater shrimp.
In addition to fish, Pterois volitans feed on invertebrates such as amphipods, isopods, and other crustaceans.
Isopods and amphipods spend low tide buried in wrack, where variation in temperature and humidity is strongly damped relative to the exposed intertidal surface.
For example, crickets infected with bacteria, Drosophila infested with mites, and amphipods harboring trematodes all increase reproductive activity.