ONISCUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oniscus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONISCUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Oniscus; Oniscus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Oniscus"):

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

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

family Oniscidae; Oniscidae (a family of Isopoda)