||I*sop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL. See
Iso-, and -poda.] (Zoöl.) An order of
sessile-eyed Crustacea, usually having seven pairs of legs, which are
all similar in structure.
&fist; The body is usually depressed, with the abdominal segments
short, and often consolidated in part. The branchiæ are on the
abdominal appendages. The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs
and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms. See Arthrostrata,
Gribble.