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Porcellionidae

noun

sow bugs

• Syn: ↑family Porcellionidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Isopoda, ↑order Isopoda

• Member Meronyms: ↑Porcellio, ↑genus Porcellio

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\\ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈänəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin Porcellion-, Porcellio, type genus + -idae

: a large and widely distributed family of terrestrial isopods with 2-jointed antennae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.