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woodlouse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun woodlouse has 1 sense
- woodlouse(n = noun.animal) slater - any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats; Array is a kind of isopod
has particulars: pill bug, sow bug
OXFORD DICTIONARY
woodlouse, n. (pl. -lice) any small terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Oniscus etc. feeding on rotten wood etc. and often able to roll into a ball.
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