læmmergeyer

[LAMMERGEYER.] læ-mo-dip-o-da, s. pl. [Gr. laimos =the throat: dis=twice, and pod a =feet, pl. of pous =a foot.] Zool.: According to Spence Bate and J. O. West wood, a group or sub-order of Amphipod Crustaceans, though by some regarded as an independent order. The coxal joint of all the legs is fused with the body and the tail reduced to a rudimentary condition. The species are all marine. Many are parasites; one is the Whale-louse, Cyamus cet i. The sub-order is divided into two families: Cyamide and Caprellide.