Isopod

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  • noun. Any of numerous marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans of the order Isopoda, characterized by a flattened segmented body usually bearing seven pairs of legs and including the woodlice and gribbles.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the feet all alike, or similar in character; specifically, pertaining to the Isopoda or having their characters. Also isopodous.
  • noun. An isopod crustacean; any one of the Isopoda.
  • noun. Also isopodan, isopode.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.
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  • noun. Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body, and no carapace
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
    • Word Usage
    "It is the isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, a scavenger of dead and rotten flesh on the mud floor of the gulf."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    malacostracan crustacean  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    sea louse  sea slater  slater  wood louse  
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