any crustacean of the order Isopoda, including woodlice and pill bugs, in which the body is flattened dorsoventrally
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or belonging to the Isopoda
Derived forms
isopodan (aɪˈsɒpədən) or isopodous (iˈsopodous)
adjective
isopod in American English
(aɪsoʊˌpɑd; aɪsəˌpɑd)
noun
1.
any of an order (Isopoda) of mostly aquatic malacostracan crustaceans with a flat, oval body and seven pairs of walking legs of similar size and form, each pair attached to a segment of the thorax