amphipod
Noun
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A kind of malacostracan crustacean (synset 101995427)
is a type of: malacostracan crustacean - a major subclass of crustaceanssubtypes:
- beach flea, sand flea, sand hopper, sandhopper - small amphipod crustaceans that hop like fleas; common on ocean beaches
- skeleton shrimp - small amphipod crustacean having a grotesque form suggestive of the praying mantis; found chiefly on seaweed
- whale louse - amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans
belongs to: amphipoda, order amphipoda - small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
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