ampho-, amph-, amphi-

1. Sexual reproduction (no pl): The term amphimixis is used to indicate the fact that both parents contribute to the inheritance of their offspring.
2. The union of male and female gametes: Amphimixis may be either by the method of autogamy (inbreeding) or by allogamy (outbreeding).

An organism that is sharp at both ends: Usually a amphioxus is a fish-like creature, a lancelet, in which its body is pointed at both ends, about 2-3 inches long, and has neither brains, skull, vertebrae, nor red blood.

Any of many organic compounds, as a surfactant or a detergent Such an amphiphile, like a bile salt or a phospholipid, is composed of hydrophilic and hydrophobic portions.

Relating to a molecule having a polar, water-soluble group attached to a nonpolar, water-insoluble hydrocarbon chain: An amphiphilic detergent possesses a hydrophilic and hydrophobic group.

Denoting a molecule consisting of detergents, or wetting agents, that contain groups with characteristically different properties: Two examples of such amphiphobic structural units of an element contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic features.

In botany, a plant that can live either rooted in damp soil above the water level or completely submerged: The amphiphyte is an amphibious plant that thrives on the edges of ponds, lakes, rivers, or marshes.

An animal that breathes both by lungs and by gills: A amphipneust is a name given by some to the lowest order of the Amphibious animals, including the Proteus and Siren, which retain their gills all their lives.

Regarding a kind of respiratory system in insect larvae: Certain dipterous larvae have amphipneusticbreathing-pores at both ends of the body.

1. Any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.
2. A small crustacean of the order Amphipoda; such as, the beach flea, having a laterally compressed body with no carapace.

An order or sub-order of the sessile-eyed Crustacea, having feet of two kinds (in which they differ from the Isopoda), of which the common sand-hopper is an example.

Referring to Amphipoda.

Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda; having feet of two kinds.

Having or pertaining to two nostrils of the nasal chambers.

A superior indehiscent many-seeded fruit with pulpy interior and woody exterior.

This nomenclature (“near lizard”) is no longer recognized by scientists because they found that it described an animal that was previously given another name which is Anchisaurus. Named by Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899) in 1882 and previously by Thomas Pallister Barkas in 1870.