- woodlouse
- wood|louse [ `wud,laus ] (plural wood|lice [ `wud,laıs ] ) noun counta small gray insect that lives in places that are slightly wet
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
woodlouse
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Woodlouse — Porcellio scaber (left) and Oniscus asellus (centre) living on fallen wood Scientific classification … Wikipedia
woodlouse — 1610s, from WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.) + LOUSE (Cf. louse). So called from being found in old wood … Etymology dictionary
woodlouse — ► NOUN (pl. woodlice) ▪ a small land crustacean with a greyish segmented body which it is able to roll into a ball … English terms dictionary
woodlouse — UK [ˈwʊdˌlaʊs] / US noun [countable] Word forms woodlouse : singular woodlouse plural woodlice UK [ˈwʊdˌlaɪs] / US a small grey insect that lives in places that are slightly wet … English dictionary
woodlouse — [[t]w ʊdlaɪs[/t]] woodlice N COUNT A woodlouse is a very small grey creature with a hard body and fourteen legs. Woodlice live in damp places … English dictionary
Woodlouse spider — Taxobox name = Woodlouse spider image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Araneomorphae familia = Dysderidae genus = Dysdera species = D. crocata binomial = Dysdera crocata binomial… … Wikipedia
woodlouse cactus — pentinuotasis ropenis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kaktusinių šeimos augalas (Pelecyphora aselliformis), paplitęs Meksikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Pelecyphora aselliformis angl. hatchet cactus; little peyote; peyote; woodlouse cactus isp.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
woodlouse — wood louse n. 1. See pill bug. 2. See sow bug. * * * … Universalium
woodlouse — noun /ˈwʊd.ˌlaʊs/ A terrestrial isopod crustacean (suborder Oniscoidea) with a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often capable of being rolled into a ball, found in damp, dark places, and feeding only on dead plant matter, usually lives under stones… … Wiktionary
woodlouse — wood|louse [ˈwudlaus] n plural woodlice [ laıs] a small grey creature like an insect that lives under wood, stones etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
