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ISOPODA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Isopoda mean?
• ISOPODA (noun)
The noun ISOPODA has 1 sense:
1. woodlice
Familiarity information: ISOPODA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woodlice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Isopoda; order Isopoda
Hypernyms ("Isopoda" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Isopoda"):
isopod (any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling)
Armadillidiidae; family Armadillidiidae (pill bugs)
family Oniscidae; Oniscidae (a family of Isopoda)
family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)
Holonyms ("Isopoda" is a member of...):
Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)
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