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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMPHIPODA

Am *phip "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , FR. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Amphipoda

Am phip o da |amˈfipədə æmˈfɪpədə |Zoology an order of crustaceans with a laterally compressed body and a large number of leglike appendages. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from amphi- ‘of both kinds ’ (because some legs are specialized for swimming and some for feeding ) + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot. ’

Oxford Dictionary

Amphipoda

Amphipoda |ˌamfɪˈpəʊdə | ▶plural noun Zoology an order of chiefly marine crustaceans with a laterally compressed body and a large number of leg-like appendages. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from amphi- ‘of both kinds ’ (because some legs are specialized for swimming and some for feeding ) + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot ’.