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isopod
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| isopodous
| isopogonous
| isoprene
isopod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun isopod has 1 sense
- isopod(n = noun.animal) - any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling; is a kind of malacostracan crustacean
is a member of isopoda, order isopoda
has particulars: slater, woodlouse, sea louse, sea slater
has parts: pleopod, swimmeret
CIDE DICTIONARY
isopod, a.
Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
isopod, n. any crustacean of the order Isopoda, including woodlice and slaters, often parasitic and having a flattened body with seven pairs of legs.
Etymology
F isopode f. mod.L Isopoda (as ISO-, Gk pous podos foot)
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