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PORCELLIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Porcellio mean?
• PORCELLIO (noun)
The noun PORCELLIO has 1 sense:
1. Old World genus of isopod crustaceans
Familiarity information: PORCELLIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World genus of isopod crustaceans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Porcellio; Porcellio
Hypernyms ("Porcellio" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Porcellio"):
sow bug (terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow))
Holonyms ("Porcellio" is a member of...):
family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)
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