sow bug

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sow bug (sou)

n. In both senses also called slater, wood louse; also called regionally doodlebug.

1. Any of various small terrestrial isopod crustaceans, chiefly of the genera Oniscus and Porcellio, commonly found under logs or stones and having an oval, segmented body.

2. A pill bug. See Usage Note at pill bug.

[From its piglike shape.]

sow bug [saʊ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian any of various woodlice, esp any of the genera Oniscus and Porcellio

[from its resemblance to a pig in shape]

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sow bug - terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)

slater, woodlouse - any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

genus Oniscus, Oniscus - type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball

genus Porcellio, Porcellio - Old World genus of isopod crustaceans

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