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单词 Amphipoda
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Definition of Amphipoda in English:

Amphipoda

plural nounˌamfɪˈpəʊdəamˈfipədə
Zoology
  • An order of chiefly marine crustaceans with a laterally compressed body and a large number of appendages like legs.

    〔动〕端足目,异脚目

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This Colloquium hosts every aspects of Amphipoda (systematics, genetics, evolution, ecology, physiology, range extensions, etc.), both freshwater and marine.
    • Because of their small size, Amphipoda are able to survive in caves.
    • Neither Amphipoda nor Isopoda is known from the early Paleozoic when the Crustacea are generally represented in the fossil record by the valve-bearing Ostracoda.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from amphi- 'of both kinds' (because some legs are specialized for swimming and some for feeding) + Greek pous, pod- 'foot'.

Definition of Amphipoda in US English:

Amphipoda

plural nounamˈfipədə
Zoology
  • An order of chiefly marine crustaceans with a laterally compressed body and a large number of appendages like legs.

    〔动〕端足目,异脚目

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Neither Amphipoda nor Isopoda is known from the early Paleozoic when the Crustacea are generally represented in the fossil record by the valve-bearing Ostracoda.
    • This Colloquium hosts every aspects of Amphipoda (systematics, genetics, evolution, ecology, physiology, range extensions, etc.), both freshwater and marine.
    • Because of their small size, Amphipoda are able to survive in caves.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from amphi- ‘of both kinds’ (because some legs are specialized for swimming and some for feeding) + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot’.

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