Oniscus
/əʊˈnɪskəs/Zoology
noun
A genus of terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the suborder Oniscoidea; (also oniscus) †a crustacean of this genus, a woodlouse ( obsolete ).
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in George Shaw (1751–1813), natural historian. From scientific Latin Oniscus (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 636) from Hellenistic Greek ὀνίσκος woodlouse from ὄνος ass, woodlouse + -ίσκος, diminutive suffix.
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