sb. pl. Zool. The sing. is supplied by AMPHIPOD. [mod.L. amphipoda prop. adj. (sc. animalia); f. Gr. ἀμφί both + -ποδα (πούς) foot, -footed.] An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea, having feet of two kinds (in which they differ from the Isopoda), of which the common sand-hopper is an example.
1837. Penny Cycl., VIII. 197/2. The Edriophthalmia contain three orders, the Amphipoda, [etc.].
1874. Wood, Nat. Hist., 728. The first order of the Sessile-eyed Crustaceans is termed the Amphipoda.
