Ăm'phi-pod, n.

noun

n. [Gr. ἀμφί, on both sides, about, and πούς, gen. ποδός, foot.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of small, slender, fourteen-footed crustaceans, of the general character of the sand-flea. They seldom exceed an inch in length.

An engraved illustration of a sand flea viewed from the side.
Sand-flea.