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Arthropod that can roll into a ball
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pillbug
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pill-bug , 1841, from pill (n.) + bug (n.).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of pill bug English)
Usage examples of pillbug.
In the morning, the bugs can be found having a pillbug potato conference.
Slaters and pillbugs are terrestrial crustaceans, related to lobsters and crayfish.
In fact, the first visible mobile residents on dry land were probably much more like modern wood lice, sometimes also known as pillbugs or sow bugs.