A mph i trite (amfitrite)

[L., reid or Oceanid, who was the wife of Poseidon (Neptune); = E. third ; of obscure application. Cf. Skt. Trita, name of a Vedic deity, and see Triton.] 1. A genus of marine polychæto us tubicolous worms, of the family Terebellidæ and order Cep halo branchia. They are easily recognized by their golden-colored setæ, disposed in the form of a crown. They construct and carry about with them slight, regu. larly conical tubes of sand, glued together by mucus exuded from the skin. 2. A genus of crustaceans. De Haan, 1835. a mph it roch a (am-fit'rō-kä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of a mph i trochus,