— isopodan /uy sop"euh dn/ , adj. , n. — isopodous , adj.
/uy"seuh pod'/ , n.
1. any freshwater, marine, or terrestrial crustacean of the order or suborder Isopoda, having seven pairs of legs typically adapted for crawling, and a dorsoventrally flattened body, and including wood lice, several aquatic parasites of crabs and shrimps, and numerous swimming or bottom-dwelling species.
adj.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Isopoda.
3. having the feet all alike, or similar in character.
[ 1825-35; Isopoda. See ISO-, -POD ]