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PORCELLIO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World genus of isopod crustaceans

Synonyms:

genus Porcellio; Porcellio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Porcellio"):

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

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

family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)

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