Amphipod

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈamfɪpÉ’d/

Origin

From Amphipoda.

Full definition of amphipod

Noun

1. A member of taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
• 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 212:We have managed just once, briefly, to send humans to that depth in a sturdy diving vessel, yet it is home to colonies of amphipods, a type of crustacean similar to shrimp but transparent, which survive without any protection at all.