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AMPHIPODA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp

Synonyms:

Amphipoda; order Amphipoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Amphipoda" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Amphipoda"):

amphipod (a kind of malacostracan crustacean)

family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae (beach fleas)

Caprella; genus Caprella (skeleton shrimp)

Cyamus; genus Cyamus (whale lice)

Holonyms ("Amphipoda" is a member of...):

Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)

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