The Collaborative International Dictionary
pill wood louse
Pill \Pill\, n. [F. pilute, L. pilula a pill, little ball, dim. of L. pila a ball. Cf. Piles.]
A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole.
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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.