Definition of Armadillidium

1. Noun. Type genus of the Armadillidiidae.

Exact synonyms: Genus Armadillidium
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Armadillidiidae, Family Armadillidiidae
Member holonyms: Pill Bug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Armadillidium

Arkansas River
Arkansas elevation
Arkansas kingbird
Arkansawyer
Arkhangelsk
Arkite
Arleen
Arlene
Arline
Arlington
Arlon
Arlt
Arlt's operation
Armada
Armadillidiidae
Armadillidium (current term)
Armageddon
Armaghan
Armagnac
Armagnacs
Armalite
Armalite and the ballot box
Armalites
Armand Jean du Plessis
Armanni-Ebstein change
Armanni-Ebstein kidney
Armata Corsa
Armed Forces Day
Armed Islamic Group
Armenia

Literary usage of Armadillidium

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

1. Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv by Henry Lansdell (1885)
"The absence of the genera Armadillidium and Armadillo from the Turkistan fauna is ... The species of the genus Armadillidium in the west of Europe extend ..."

2. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America by Harriet Richardson (1905)
"Armadillidium vulgäre (After Sars). ti, Head with antenna' (ventral view), b, Dorsal view of female, r, First maxilla. </, First antenna, i, Anterior lip. ..."

3. A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca by Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing (1893)
"It is possible that this is synonymous with the earlier Armadillidium ... Armadillidium, Brandt, 1833, has the flagellum of the second antennae two-jointed, ..."

4. Ecology, Diversity and Sustainability of the Middle Rio Grande Basin edited by Deborah M. Finch, Joseph A. Tainter (1996)
"(in press) examined the micro- habitat selection of Armadillidium vulgäre, an introduced ground-dwelling isopod. Arthropod species composition and diversity ..."

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