Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Oniscidæ. See also cut under
Isopoda .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The type genus of the
Oniscidae , consisting of woodlice that cannot roll into a ball.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball
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_oniscus_, and, from their properties, were, by Mr Anderson, (to whom we owe this account of them), called _oniscus fulgens_; being probably an animal which has a share in producing some sorts of that lucid appearance, often observed near ships at sea in the night.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 Robert Kerr 1784
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