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SLATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slater mean?
• SLATER (noun)
The noun SLATER has 1 sense:
1. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
Familiarity information: SLATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
slater; wood louse; woodlouse
Hypernyms ("slater" is a kind of...):
isopod (any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "slater"):
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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