Word Meanings - ISOPODOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

ISOPODOUS
See ISOPOD
ISOPOD
Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda. -- n.
ISOPODIFORM
Having the shape of an isopod; -- said of the larvæ of certain insects.
ISOPODA
An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure. Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments short, and often consolidated in part. The branchiæ are on the abdominal
ANISOPODA
A division of Crustacea, which, in some its characteristics, is intermediate between Amphipoda and Isopoda.
EUISOPODA
A group which includes the typical Isopoda.