wood louse

2 ENTRIES FOUND:

wood louse

noun

Definition of WOOD LOUSE

: a terrestrial isopod crustacean (suborder Oniscoidea) with a flattened elliptical body often capable of being rolled into a ball —called also pill bug, sow bug

First Known Use of WOOD LOUSE

1611

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