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PILL BUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pill bug mean? 

PILL BUG (noun)
  The noun PILL BUG has 1 sense:

1. small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ballplay

  Familiarity information: PILL BUG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PILL BUG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that can roll up into a ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pill bug" is a kind of...):

slater; wood louse; woodlouse (any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats)

Holonyms ("pill bug" is a member of...):

Armadillidium; genus Armadillidium (type genus of the Armadillidiidae)


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