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# amphipod

«amphipod» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small shrimp-like animal with no shell on its back…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an amphipod, amphipods)

### meaning for a pupil

An amphipod is a small shrimp-like animal with no shell on its back, such as the sand hopper found on beaches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on minibeasts, rock pools and food chains it is a common invertebrate. Phrases: freshwater amphipod, sand hoppers.

### examples

- Sand hoppers are amphipods that jump on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x1)
- Amphipods are food for fish and birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x2)
- We found amphipods under stones in the stream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x3)
- Amphipods are crustaceans, like crabs and shrimps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x4)
- Some amphipods live in the deepest ocean trenches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x5)
- Our pond dip found tiny amphipods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/#x6)

### note

Countable. From Greek amphi (both kinds) + pod (foot). Related groups: isopods (woodlice), decapods (crabs).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «amphipod» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/amphipod/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.