Having a shape or form resembling that of an amphipod, with curved body and lateral appendages.
From 'amphipoda' + '-form' (Latin 'forma', meaning shape). Descriptive adjective used in zoology to identify organisms that structurally resemble amphipods even if not taxonomically related.
Amphipodiform is a great example of how scientists use 'form' words to spot evolutionary cousins—just like how dolphins are ichthyiform (fish-shaped) even though they're mammals, some creatures look amphipodiform but aren't actually amphipods!
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