Translingual

Oniscus asellus

Proper noun

Oniscus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oniscidae – certain woodlice, including the the common woodlouse.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Oniscus ancarensis, Oniscus armatus, Oniscus asellus (common woodlouse), Oniscus lusitanus, Oniscus simoni (species)

Latin

Alternative forms

• oniscos

Noun

oniscus m ‎(genitive oniscī); second declension

1. woodlouse

Declension

Second declension.

Descendants

• Italian: onisco
• Translingual: Oniscus

References

• oniscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “oniscos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.