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What is an isopod?

What is an isopod? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of very many crustaceans, of the order Isopoda, that have a flattened body and no carapace.
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The Socorro isopod is a member of the order Isopoda, which is distinguished from other orders of the class Crustacea by its flattened body and seven pairs of legs.
Other faunal groups, such as the polychaete worms and isopod crustaceans, appear to be endemic to certain specific plains and basins.
This parasite is an isopod, the appendages of which are imperfectly developed.
The Kaua'i cave wolf spider and Kaua'i cave isopod are small, blind creatures adapted to life in moist lava tubes and adjacent crevices.
Most are marine, although the common pill bug or sow bug is an isopod that lives on land, in moist soil litter under fallen logs and stones.
He concludes that they were more like what one would expect in an isopod.

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