Definition of Oniscus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball.

Exact synonyms: Genus Oniscus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Oniscidae, Oniscidae
Member holonyms: Sow Bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oniscus

Oncocerca
Oncomelania
Oncovin
Oncovirinae
Ondaatje
Ondatra
Ondatra zibethica
Ondine
Ondine's curse
Ondiri disease
Onega
Oneida
Oneidas
Onions
Oniscidae
Oniscus (current term)
Onley
Onmyodo
Ono
Onobrychis
Onobrychis viciaefolia
Onobrychis viciifolia
Onoclea
Onoclea sensibilis
Onoclea struthiopteris
Onodi
Onodi cell
Onondaga
Onondagas
Ononis

Literary usage of Oniscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1907)
"CHROMOSOME RELATIONS IN THE SPERMA- TOCYTES OF Oniscus. M. LOUISE NICHOLS. ... L. Nichols, "Spermatogenesis of Oniscus asellus. Linn.," Proc. Am. Phil. ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1835)
"Oniscus gracilis, Montag. 21. Idotea, Fab Oniscus entomon, Lin. 22. ... Oniscus asellus, Cuv. \32. Armadillo, Lat.. .Oniscus armadillo ..."

3. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1868)
"I SO POD A. NORM ALl A. Oniscus ASELLUS. Specific character. Broadly orate, sub-depressed, shining; ... Length, three and a half to eight lines. Oniscus ..."

4. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1878)
"Oniscus asellus, Linn., and O. armadillo, L. (Armadillo officinalis, Cuv.)- Class, Crustacea of the articulate animals. Order, Isopoda. Common, names. ..."

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