isopod

Other forms: isopods

Definitions of isopod

1. noun

   any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
   types:

   slater, woodlouse

   any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

   sea louse, sea slater

   marine isopod crustacean

   pill bug

   small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball

   sow bug

   terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)

   type of:

   malacostracan crustacean

   a major subclass of crustaceans