Synonyms for wood louse
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Local and regional terms
pill bug US, butcher boy, doodle-bug, armadillo bug, slater, cheeselog, sow bug, roly-poly, grammersow, sowpig
2. Oniscidean
Other
cheslip UK, lockchester dated, lugdor dated UK
Definitions
- n. 1
Any of various small terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, having a rigid segmented exoskeleton, usually feeding on dead plant matter and living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark. Several common species roll into a ball when disturbed, hence names such as pill bug and roly-poly.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- arthropod crustacean
- Other spellings
- woodlouse
Example sentences
- slater How do you happen to know Mr Slater?
By length
- 6 letters
- slater2, sowpig, lugdor
- 7 letters
- oniscid, cheslip
- 9 letters
- cheeselog
- 10 letters
- grammersow, oniscidean
- 11 letters
- lockchester
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slater2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- cloporte
- Español
- cochinilla