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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek is- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot Date: circa 1835 any of a large order (Isopoda) of small sessile-eyed aquatic or terrestrial crustaceans with the body composed of seven free thoracic segments each bearing a pair of similar legs • isopod adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any crustacean of the order Isopoda, including woodlice and slaters, often parasitic and having a flattened body with seven pairs of legs. Etymology: F isopode f. mod.L Isopoda (as ISO-, Gk pous podos foot)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Isopod I"so*pod, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the legs similar in structure; belonging to the Isopoda. -- n. One of the Isopoda.