GENUS PORCELLIO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Porcellio mean? 

• GENUS PORCELLIO (noun)
  The noun GENUS PORCELLIO has 1 sense:

1. Old World genus of isopod crustaceans

  Familiarity information: GENUS PORCELLIO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PORCELLIO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of isopod crustaceans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Porcellio; Porcellio

Hypernyms ("genus Porcellio" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Porcellio"):

sow bug (terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow))

Holonyms ("genus Porcellio" is a member of...):

family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)