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Pill bug or wood louse
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isopod
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Word definitions for isopod in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Isopod \I"so*pod\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda . -- n. One of the Isopoda .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of very many crustaceans, of the order ''Isopoda'', that have a flattened body, and no carapace
Usage examples of isopod.
It swims slowly, conserving its energy, not alerting its prey, commonly flatworms and tiny-segmented creatures, predominantly isopods.
It swims slowly and smoothly, its fins moving the water very little, which apparently contributes to its own concealment in a blind environment and makes it easier to detect the vibrations of its prey, any of several varieties of tiny segmented creatures, predominantly isopods.
At that time we lived in an apartment block on the edge of Hampstead Heath which was called Isopod One and had been designed in the international style, along socialist principles, by a famous architecture collective called the Isopod.
These, in turn, become food for various flatworms and numerous tiny-segmented creatures, such as isopods, which, in turn, serve as food for small, blind, white crayfish, felts and salamanders.