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isopod
[ ahy-suh-pod ]
noun
- any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of the Isopoda.
- having the feet all alike, or similar in character.
isopod
/ 藞a瑟s蓹蕣藢p蓲d; a瑟藞s蓲p蓹d蓹n /
noun
- any crustacean of the order Isopoda, including woodlice and pill bugs, in which the body is flattened dorsoventrally
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Isopoda
isopod
- Any of numerous mostly small crustaceans of the order Isopoda, characterized by a flattened body usually bearing seven pairs of legs. Isopods include the sow bugs, pill bugs, and gribbles.
Derived Forms
- isopodan, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 颈路蝉辞辫路辞路诲补苍 [ahy-, sop, -, uh, -dn], adjective noun
- 颈路蝉辞辫顎僶路诲辞耻蝉 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Example Sentences
The roughly 3-millimeter-long isopod is one of only 15 species from the genus Gnathia currently known in the region, the team wrote in the study.
It also hosts strange creatures, such as glass sponges and isopods鈥攖ranslucent, alien-looking animals that have inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years.
The restaurant steams the isopod for 10 minutes before adding it to the top of a bowl of ramen with thick chicken and fish broth.
A new species of giant deep-sea isopod鈥攁 cousin to the common pill bug but more than 10 inches long鈥攚as found hiding in plain sight.
The waves were close to swallowing up whatever was left of the shark, the remains of muscle and organs that were already being picked apart by isopods.
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