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Meanings of sow bug in English
Russian
мокрицы Portuguese
bicho-de-conta Spanish
chanchito de tierra Catalan
porquets de sant antoni 
A terrestrial crustacean that is a member of the suborder Oniscidea.
Synonyms
Examples for "slater"
Examples for "slater"
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A slater on the slope of a neighbouring roof eyed me curiously.
2
A slater is seen upon the highest part of the roof.
3
But the slater, he climbs higher than the mason. His face was purple.
4
DOC deputy director general Mike Slater said it was the right decision.
5
But has the new Christian Slater hacker drama taken things too far?
1
Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
2
He figured out how to take out the Nazi doodlebug flying bombs!
3
I just thrash about, and gang in circles like a doodlebug.
4
But he sees a doodlebug that looks at him funny and he laughs out loud.
5
The side of Bobby Lee's face twitched as though a doodlebug were crawling across it.
1
Jam roly-poly arrived on the scene in 1845, courtesy of Eliza Acton.
2
For such things had he known since he was a roly-poly puppy.
3
The roly-poly couple behind him parted to let him stumble past.
4
Fanny has made the roly-poly pudding,' says he; the chops are my part.
5
They both heard a curious roly-poly noise under the attic floor.
1
It yielded one pill bug, one puparial case, and no plant inclusions.
2
Lizzie flicked a pill bug off the purple rhododendrons she'd arranged inside a pitcher.
3
Though I'd forward the pill bug and casing to the entomologist, I doubted either would be of much use.
4
In the pill bug Armadillidium vulgare, the presence of Wolbachia is also associated with detrimental effects on host fertility and lifespan.
5
The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms.
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This was wise because he thus got ahead of the potato bug.
2
The potato bug is another fellow to look out for.
3
Perhaps it will interest that old farmer potato bug.
4
Simple as a child, he is, and so gentle that it well-nigh breaks his heart to kill a potato bug.
5
And on the under side of the leaf of the potato vine are the bright orange eggs of the potato bug.
Usage of sow bug in English
1
The worm wriggled for a moment and became a very large sow bug.
2
The sow bug became a beetle.
3
She found a translucent fossil rock which reminded her of a Miro & he watched ants assisting a sow bug to climb the driftwood.
4
The group includes the terrestrial pill bugs and sow bugs, with numerous marine forms.
5
Sow bugs had no speed at all.
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Earwigs and sow bugs, that previously only were seen eating only decaying mulch, begin to attack plants.
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Then they opened like sow bugs uncurling, took a moment to get oriented, considering him and Socia first.
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Allison pressed her hand to the cool stone and traced the coiled shapes of fossilized trilobites, underwater sow bugs stamped into the cliffs.
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In the North, earwigs and sow bugs (pill bugs) are frequently found in mulched gardens but they do not become a serious pest.
Translations for sow bug
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