SLATER

woodlouse, wood louse, slater

(noun) any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

slater (plural slaters)

One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.

A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.

Anagrams

• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

Etymology

Proper noun

Slater

A surname.

A city in Iowa.

A city in Missouri.

A census-designated place in Wyoming.

Anagrams

• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

Source: Wiktionary


Slat"er, n.

Definition: One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.

Slat"er, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a sow bug.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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