Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of very many
crustaceans , of the orderIsopoda , that have a flattened body, and nocarapace
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug.
April 2010 2010
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The sound of “sessile eye of the isopod” is so hissingly sussurant.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » The Sessile Eye of the Isopod: Getting Ideas 2010
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Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » The Sessile Eye of the Isopod: Getting Ideas 2010
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It is the isopod, Bathynomus giganteus, a scavenger of dead and rotten flesh on the mud floor of the gulf.
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According to an article from Fox News, the Bathynomus giganteus henceforth known as "Bart" is a type of giant isopod, "a large crustacean that dwells in deep Atlantic and Pacific waters."
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According to an article from Fox News, the Bathynomus giganteus henceforth known as "Bart" is a type of giant isopod, "a large crustacean that dwells in deep Atlantic and Pacific waters."
Archive 2010-04-01 2010
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As part of the ANDEEP (Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity) Project, scientists “spotted 674 species of isopod (a diverse order of crustaceans), most of which had never previously been described; more than 200 polychaete species (marine worms), 81 of which were found to be new species; and 76 sponges, 17 of which had previously been unknown.”
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Response to an avian predator and its isopod prey to an acanthocephalan parasite.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Response to an avian predator and its isopod prey to an acanthocephalan parasite.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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As part of the ANDEEP (Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity) Project, scientists “spotted 674 species of isopod (a diverse order of crustaceans), most of which had never previously been described; more than 200 polychaete species (marine worms), 81 of which were found to be new species; and 76 sponges, 17 of which had previously been unknown.”
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
strev commented on the word isopod
these little guys rock!
April 13, 2009