amphipod

A type of malacostracan crustacean, typically small and shrimp-like, found in aquatic environments.

• 🇩🇪Eine meist kleine, krebsartige Krebstierart aus der Ordnung der Flohkrebse, die im Wasser lebt und an Garnelen erinnert.

1. Malacostracan crustacean C2 formal scientific

   A small, shrimp-like crustacean belonging to the order Amphipoda, typically found in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments.

   • The amphipod scurried across the ocean floor.
   • Scientists discovered a new species of amphipod in the deep sea.
   • Amphipods are an important part of the aquatic food chain.

   🇩🇪Flohkrebs

   Synonyme: scud

• amphipods plural form
• amphipods' possessive plural form
• amphipod's possessive singular form