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Of, relating to, or resembling a woodlouse; (later) specifically of or relating to the suborder Oniscoidea, which comprises the woodlice and allied forms.
A crustacean of the suborder Oniscoidea, especially a woodlouse.
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary. From Oniscus + -oid.