ONISCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oniscidae mean? 

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

1. a family of Isopoda

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONISCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Isopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Oniscidae; Oniscidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Oniscidae"):

genus Oniscus; Oniscus (type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball)

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

Isopoda; order Isopoda (woodlice)