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Pillbug
Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
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Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
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| pill bugnoun | (US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball. |
| pillwormnoun | (rare) Any myriapod which rolls up for protection; a galleyworm. |
| armadillidiidnoun | (zoology) Any pill bug in the family Armadillidiidae. |
| wood bugnoun | Any insect or invertebrate that feeds on or otherwise attacks wood. |
| insectnoun | An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. |
| shore bugnoun | An insect of any of numerous small predatory, often burrowing, species of the family Saldidae, found near bodies of water. |
| pirate bugnoun | Any insect in the family Anthocoridae, known as effective predators of other insects, and used in biological control. |
| waterbugnoun | Alternative form of water bug. [Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs.] |
| palmer-wormnoun | Alternative form of palmerworm. [(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.] |
| woodlousenoun | 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. |
| palmer wormnoun | Alternative form of palmerworm. [(archaic) Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.] |
| roly-polynoun | (countable) (informal) A short, plump person (especially a child). |
| leaf-footed bugnoun | Any insect in the family Coreidae, many of which have flat, leaf-shaped structures on their hind legs. |
| potato bugnoun | Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants. |
| armadillo bugnoun | A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial isopods of suborder Oniscidea. |
| water bugnoun | Any member of the infraorder Nepomorpha of true water bugs. |
| spitbugnoun | Any of various small insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit. |
| palmerwormnoun | A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees. |
| doodlebugnoun | (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb. |
| lace bugnoun | Any insect in the family Tingidae, named for the lace-like appearance of the wings and pronotum. |
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