Terrestrial crustacean

• Any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body
• Found in damp habitats

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also wood-louse , 1610s, from wood (n.) + louse (n.). So called from being found in old wood.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If he sees a worm or even a woodlouse , everything stops for the rescue. ▪ No other kind of woodlouse does this. ▪ She brushed a woodlouse from her skirt and then realised that George was staring at something behind her. ▪ There ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats [syn: slater ] [also: woodlice (pl)]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A woodlouse (plural woodlice), also known by many common names (see below), is an isopod crustacean with a rigid, segmented, long exoskeleton and fourteen jointed limbs. Mostly they feed on dead plant material, and they are usually active at night. Woodlice ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark. ...