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Crustacean with 14 legs
Answer for the clue "Crustacean with 14 legs ", 6 letters:
isopod
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1835, from French isopode , from Latin isopoda (neuter plural), from Greek iso- (see iso- ) + pod- , stem of pous "foot" (see foot (n.)).
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.