isopod

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

Word Origin

isopod (n.)
1835, from French isopode, from Latin isopoda (neuter plural), from Greek iso- "equal, identical" (see iso-) + pod-, stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)).

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