Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An order of arthrostracous or edriophthalmous (sessile-eyed) crustaceans, with 7 free thoracic somites bearing as many pairs of legs, which are alike in size and direction, whence the name; the Polygonata of Fabricius.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.

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  • proper noun A taxonomic order within the superorder Peracarida — the isopods.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun woodlice

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Examples

  • Invertebrate stocks that colonized Ascension underwent a variety of evolutionary changes including phyletic evolution leading to endemic status, adaptation to subterranean life (Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones, Collembola, and Psocoptera), character release (phorid Diptera), and probably splitting of lineages (speciation) within the island (Isopoda, Collembola, and gryllid Orthoptera).

    Ascension scrub and grasslands 2008

  • With over 10,000 species, the order Isopoda is the second most diverse group of crustaceans.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Isopoda over the higher Crustacea; Cetaceans and Seals over the

    Essays 2007

  • “This species, if found on earth, would be classified as the order Isopoda and would fall into a class with about two thousand species of lice.”

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • "This species, if found on earth, would be classified as the order Isopoda and would fall into a class with about two thousand species of lice."

    Deception Point Brown, Dan, 1964- 2001

  • Amphipoda and Isopoda over the higher Crustacea; Cetaceans and Seals over the Primates; the civilization of the Esquimaux over that of the

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • _Insecta_, and _Amphipoda_ and _Isopoda_ over the higher

    Darwiniana : Essays — Volume 02 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • Cryptogamic vegetation would have the advantage over Phanerogamic; _Hydrozoa_ over Corals; _Crustacea_ over _Insecta_, and _Amphipoda_ and _Isopoda_ over the higher _Crustacea_; Cetaceans and

    Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • To the question, how far the development of Ligia is repeated in the other Isopoda, I can only give an unsatisfactory answer.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

  • Cirripedia, as Liljeborg has done, but place them in opposition as equivalent, like the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

    Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

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