pill bug

See also: pillbug

English

Noun

pill bug (plural pill bugs)

(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.

Synonyms

(terrestrial crustacean): roly-poly, sowbug

Translations

terrestrial crustacean

French: cloporte (fr) m, cochon de cave m, cochon de mur m
German: Rollassel f
Japanese: 団子虫 (ja) (だんごむし, dangomushi)

Navajo: wónitłʼizí
Serbo-Croatian: mokrica (sh) f
Spanish: bicho bola, bicho bolita (es)

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