||Læ`mo*dip"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; throat + &?; twice + &?;, &?;, foot.] (Zoöl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples.