SOW BUG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sow bug mean? 

• SOW BUG (noun)
  The noun SOW BUG has 1 sense:

1. terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOW BUG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sow 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 ("sow bug" is a member of...):

genus Oniscus; Oniscus (type genus of the Oniscidae; woodlice that cannot roll into a ball)

genus Porcellio; Porcellio (Old World genus of isopod crustaceans)