WOODLOUSE (woodlice)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: woodlice   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does woodlouse mean? 

• WOODLOUSE (noun)
  The noun WOODLOUSE has 1 sense:

1. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats

  Familiarity information: WOODLOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODLOUSE (noun)

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 ("woodlouse" 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 "woodlouse"):

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))