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    GENUS PORCELLIO

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World genus of isopod crustaceansplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Porcellio; Porcellio

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Porcellio" is a kind of...):

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Porcellio"):

    sow bug (terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow))

    Holonyms ("genus Porcellio" is a member of...):

    family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)

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