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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Isopoda \I*sop"o*da\, n. pl [NL. See {Iso-}, and {-poda}.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An order of sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven
pairs of legs, which are all similar in structure.
Note: The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal
segments short, and often consolidated in part The
branchi[ae] are on the abdominal appendages. The group
includes the terrestrial pill bugs and sow bugs, with
numerous marine forms. See {Arthrostrata}, {Gribble}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Isopoda
n : woodlice [syn: {Isopoda}, {order Isopoda}]
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