Dictionary Entry
amphipoda
amphipoda is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1plural noun
A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda, Arthrostraca.
- 2noun
small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
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