woodlouse
IPA: wˈʊdɫˈaʊs
noun
- Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.
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Examples of "woodlouse" in Sentences
- Other names compare the woodlouse to a pig.
- I saw a woodlouse the other day that I didn't recognise.
- Apart from 'woodlouse', I'd never heard any other name used.
- I think what you have currently in the woodlouse article is fine.
- I managed to find another purported woodlouse based remedy as well.
- Take, for example, the locomotion of a woodlouse in relation to temperature.
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