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woodlouse

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woodlouse
Noun
pl -lice a very small grey creature with many legs that lives in damp places
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Noun1.woodlouse - any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
slater
isopod - any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
pill bug - small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball
sow bug - terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)
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The following list completes, I believe, the terrestrial fauna: a fly (Olfersia) living on the booby, and a tick which must have come here as a parasite on the birds; a small brown moth, belonging to a genus that feeds on feathers; a beetle (Quedius) and a woodlouse from beneath the dung; and lastly, numerous spiders, which I suppose prey on these small attendants and scavengers of the water-fowl.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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