Definitions for isopoda
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1. Isopoda, order Isopodanoun

   woodlice

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1. Isopoda

   Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration. Females brood their young in a pouch under their thorax. Isopods have various feeding methods: some eat dead or decaying plant and animal matter, others are grazers, or filter feeders, a few are predators, and some are internal or external parasites, mostly of fish. Aquatic species mostly live on the seabed or bottom of freshwater bodies of water, but some taxa can swim for a short distance. Terrestrial forms move around by crawling and tend to be found in cool, moist places. Some species are able to roll themselves into a ball as a defense mechanism or to conserve moisture. There are over 10,000 identified species of isopod worldwide, with around 4,500 species found in marine environments, mostly on the seabed, 500 species in fresh water, and another 5,000 species on land. The order is divided into eleven suborders. The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Carboniferous period (in the Pennsylvanian epoch), at least 300 million years ago, when isopods lived in shallow seas. The name Isopoda is derived from the Greek roots iso- (from ἴσος ísos, meaning "equal") and -pod (from ποδ-, the stem of πούς poús, meaning "foot").

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1. isopoda

   Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes species such as woodlice and their relatives. They are characterized by their segmented bodies, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and typically, a rigid, segmented exoskeleton. They are found in various habitats worldwide, including marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Many isopods are scavengers, feeding on dead plants and animals, while others are predators or parasites.

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1. Isopoda

   an order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure

2. Etymology: [NL. See Iso-, and -poda.]

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1. Isopoda

   Isopoda is an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots ἴσος and ποδός. The fossil record of isopods dates back to the Carboniferous period, at least 300 million years ago.

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1. Isopoda

   One of the largest orders of mostly marine CRUSTACEA, containing over 10,000 species. Like AMPHIPODA, the other large order in the superorder Peracarida, members are shrimp-like in appearance, have sessile compound eyes, and no carapace. But unlike Amphipoda, they possess abdominal pleopods (modified as gills) and their bodies are dorsoventrally flattened.

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   The numerical value of isopoda in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of isopoda in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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