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Meanings of
woodlouse
in inglês
português
bicho-de-conta
catalão
porquet de sant antoni
espanhol
oniscidea
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A terrestrial crustacean that is a member of the suborder Oniscidea.
slater
doodlebug
roly-poly
armadillo bug
sow bug
cheeselog
monkeypea
pill bug
potato bug
roll up bug
português
bicho-de-conta
Usage of
woodlouse
in inglês
1
Discovered in China, the animal looked like a
woodlouse
with claws.
2
As I watched, a
woodlouse
blundered into a translucent tripline and the web vibrated.
3
A well-bred
woodlouse
wouldn't employ you for a scavenger.
4
They included giant
woodlouse
-
like
creatures known as trilobites, the five-eyed Opabinia, and the spiny slug-like Wiwaxia.
5
I may be working minute by minute under the same gigantic limitations of understanding as a
woodlouse
.
6
Caught an animal (Cymothoa) shaped exactly like a
woodlouse
:
7
In the common
woodlouse
,
for instance, microbes transmitted only through eggs act to convert genetic males into females.
8
With their semi-translucent segmented bodies and oversized hind legs, they looked like composite creatures -part shrimp, part
woodlouse
,
part flea.
9
I picked up a perfectly formed shell, which had belonged to an animal not unlike the
woodlouse
:
then, joining my uncle, I said:
10
He often got into scrapes; but he declared that, like a hedgehog or slater, or
woodlouse
,
he always managed to roll himself out of them.
11
So the poor old
Woodlouse
retreated out of sight, consumed with shame.
12
Professor
Woodlouse
read it aloud in its quaint and musty phraseology, to wit:
13
Woodlouse
saw that there was a pause, and so began again.
14
One of the few people who had not been at the fire was our friend
Woodlouse
.
15
Woodlouse
resisted it for a long time, but in the end he was obliged to give way.
16
Woodlouse
and the Swede looked at each other meaningly, and each went his way without saying a word.
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woodlouse
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
breed woodlouse
common woodlouse
giant woodlouse
Translations for
woodlouse
português
bicho-de-conta
tatuzinhos de jardim
bicho-da-conta
catalão
porquet de sant antoni
espanhol
oniscidea
Woodlouse
through the time