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

(ˈ)⸗¦⸗ədən

-ədᵊn

adjective or noun

isopodous

-dəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from is- + -poda

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