单词 | isopod |
释义 | isopodn.adj. Zoology. a. An animal of the order Isopoda of sessile-eyed Crustaceans, characterized by seven pairs of equal and similarly placed thoracic legs; comprising marine, freshwater, and terrestrial species, some being parasitic. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > member of isopod1835 1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals II. xv. 41 Isopods. Head distinct. Eyes sessile. Legs simple, equal. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 11 There are, however, true intermediate species between the Amphipods and Isopods. 1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 144 The little isopods, so common on our rocky shores. b. attributive or adj.= isopodous adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > belonging to Isopoda isopodous1826 isopodan1856 isopod1864 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 308 The isopod Crustacea have the head distinct from the segment bearing the first pair of feet. Derivatives isopodan adj. and n. /aɪˈsɒpəʊdən/ = main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [adjective] > of or belonging to Malacostraca > belonging to Isopoda isopodous1826 isopodan1856 isopod1864 1856 Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sc. July 11 The size of the body far transcends the ordinary Isopodan limit. isopodiform adj. /aɪsəʊˈpɒdɪfɔːm/ [ < modern Latin isopodiformis: see -form comb. form2] having the form of or resembling an isopod, as certain insect larvæ. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [adjective] > of young > of larva > having form of isopod isopodiform1855 1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Isopodiformis, applied by Kirby to the hexapodous, antenniferous and saprophagous larvæ which have an oblong body, a distinct thoracic clypeus or buckler, and the anus furnished with filaments or plates: isopodiform. Categories » isopodimorphous adj. /-ˈmɔːfəs/ [Greek μορϕή form] = isopodiform adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.adj.1835 |
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