Isopoda
plural noun
Isop·o·da
īˈsäpədə
: a large order of small sessil-eyed malacostracan crustaceans (division Peracarida) that lack a carapace, that have a body usually depressed with seven free thoracic segments each bearing a pair of similar legs, and that occur in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial habitats or as parasites on invertebrates and fish compare tanaidacea
isopodan adjective or noun
(ˈ)⸗¦⸗ədən
-ədᵊn
isopodous adjective
-dəs
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from is- + -poda