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ISOPODA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woodlice

Synonyms:

Isopoda; order Isopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Isopoda"):

isopod (any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling)

Armadillidiidae; family Armadillidiidae (pill bugs)

family Oniscidae; Oniscidae (a family of Isopoda)

family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)

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

Malacostraca; subclass Malacostraca (largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies)

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