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    WOODLOUSE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: woodlice  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitatsplay

    Synonyms:

    slater; wood louse; woodlouse

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    Nouns denoting animals

    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))

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