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pill wood louse

Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.]

  1. A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.

  2. Figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
    --Udall.

    Pill beetle (Zo["o]l.), any small beetle of the genus Byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax.

    Pill bug (Zo["o]l.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.