See Also: isopod(medicine)
isopod(dictionary)

eventful (iou) and isopod (iou)


eventful (iou)



eventful adjective. E17.
[from EVENT noun + -FUL.]
Full of striking events. E17.
Ld Macaulay The changes which fourteen eventful years had produced.
Fraught with important issues; momentous. L18.
Southey Thalaba..waited calmly for the eventful day.
eventfully adverb E20.
eventfulness noun M19.

isopod (iou)



isopod noun. M19.
[from mod. Latin Isopoda (see below), from Greek iso- ISO- + pod-, pous foot.]
Zoology. Any crustacean of the order Isopoda, characterized by a dorsoventrally flattened body, and seven similar pairs of thoracic legs equal in length, and comprising the terrestrial woodlice and allied marine and freshwater species, some being parasitic. Cf. AMPHIPOD.
isopodan adjective & noun (a) adjective = ISOPODOUS; (b) noun = ISOPOD: M19.