ISOPOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does isopod mean? 

• ISOPOD (noun)
  The noun ISOPOD has 1 sense:

1. any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling

  Familiarity information: ISOPOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISOPOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("isopod" is a kind of...):

malacostracan crustacean (a major subclass of crustaceans)

Meronyms (parts of "isopod"):

pleopod; swimmeret (one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "isopod"):

slater; wood louse; woodlouse (any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats)

sea louse; sea slater (marine isopod crustacean)

Holonyms ("isopod" is a member of...):

Isopoda; order Isopoda (woodlice)