Isopod Definition

īsə-pŏd
noun
Any of an order (Isopoda) of mostly aquatic malacostracan crustaceans with a flat, oval body and seven pairs of walking legs of similar size and form, each pair attached to a segment of the thorax.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of an isopod or the isopods.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Isopod

Noun

Singular:
isopod
Plural:
isopods

Origin of Isopod

  • From New Latin Īsopoda order name iso– New Latin -poda -pod

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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