Oniscus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oniscus \Oniscus\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the {Oniscidae}, consisting of woodlice
     that cannot roll into a ball.
  
     Syn: genus {Oniscus}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Oniscus
       n : type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into
           a ball [syn: {genus Oniscus}]