ヨコエビ

noun

gammaridean amphipod; side-swimmer

A small, shrimp-like crustacean of the suborder Gammaridea, often found in marine and freshwater environments. The name literally means 'sideways shrimp'.

• 海かい岸がんの岩いわの下したにたくさんのヨコエビがいた。

  There were many gammaridean amphipods under the rocks on the shore.

• ヨコエビは小ちいさな甲こう殻かく類るいで、横よこ向むきに泳およぐ。

  Gammaridean amphipods are small crustaceans that swim sideways.