oniscoidadj.n.
/əʊˈnɪskɔɪd/, U.S. /oʊˈnɪsˌkɔɪd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a woodlouse; (later) spec. of or relating to the suborder Oniscoidea, which comprises the woodlice and allied forms.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Oniscoid, resembling a wood-louse; belonging or related to the Oniscidæ.
1969 Ecology 50 442/2 Tylos punctatus is an abundant oniscoid isopod on sheltered sandy beaches in southern California and in Baja California.
1995 Nature 4 May 27/1 No authority on terrestrial ecosystems would agree that ‘oniscoid isopods are the most successful of terrestrial invertebrates today’ as long as spiders and insects are about.
B. n.
A crustacean of the suborder Oniscoidea, esp. a woodlouse.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Oniscidae or genus Oniscus
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chestworm1544
Robin Goodfellow's louse1552
monk's peason1558
cheslock1574
porcelet1578
swine louse1579
hog-louse1580
multiped1601
kitchen-bob1610
woodlouse1611
loop1612
millipede1612
timber-sow1626
cheeselog1657
sow-louse1658
thurse-louse1658
onisc1661
monkey pea1682
slater1684
slatter1739
sow-bug1750
Oniscus1806
pig louse1819
hob-thrush1828
land-slater1863
pig's louse1888
wall-louse1899
oniscoid1909
chucky-pig1946
1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Oniscus Oniscoid, a. & n.
1965 B. E. Freeman tr. A. Vandel Biospeleol. ix. 129 Cases of partial or total depigmentation in epigeous oniscoids are very frequent.
1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xiv. 747/1 In most of the terrestrial oniscoids.., copulation occurs during the intermolt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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