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WOODLOUSE
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
woodlouse (plural woodlice)
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.
Synonyms
• (any species of suborder Oniscidea): oniscidean
(local terms): slater, armadillo bug, butcher boy, cheese-bug, cheesybug, pill bug, rolly polly, sowbug, sai bug, saisai gnat, saikor bug, sairynkor bug, cham chamruam bug;
Source: Wiktionary
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