Amphipod

//ˈam.fɪ.pɑd//

Synonyms for "amphipod"

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Azerbaijani

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  • yanüzən noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Finnish

1 entries
  • katka noun (species of order Amphipoda)

German

2 entries
  • Amphipode noun (species of order Amphipoda)
  • Flohkrebs noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Irish

1 entries
  • amfapód noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Italian

1 entries
  • anfipode noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Polish

1 entries
  • obunóg noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • anfípode noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Spanish

1 entries
  • anfípodo noun (species of order Amphipoda)

Swedish

2 entries
  • märla noun (species of order Amphipoda)
  • märlkräfta noun (species of order Amphipoda)

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1905, Mabel Elizabeth Smallwood, The Salt-marsh Amphipod: Orchestia Palustris, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, page 18, Most of these are quite large, made by the small marsh mammals, but some are small and seem to be much used by the amphipods.

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Laboratory feeding assays employing the common antarctic planktivorous fish Pagothenia borchgrevinki demonstrated that live amphipods are consumed by fish, while amphipod-sea butterfly pairs are consistently rejected.

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We have managed just once, briefly, to send humans to that depth in a sturdy diving vessel, yet it is home to colonies of amphipods, a type of crustacean similar to shrimp but transparent, which survive without any protection at all.

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