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woodlice

n. (plural of woodlouse English)

WordNet
woodlouse
  1. n. any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats [syn: slater]

  2. [also: woodlice (pl)]

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Usage examples of "woodlice".

Sometimes called woodlice, they are actually quite useful, as they recycle decaying vegetation.

The pale green paint had grown dim and dingy and the timbers revealed the ravages of woodlice which left wood looking so new where it was rotten.

He had already seen news stories about agents with robotic bodies going feral because of bad programming or aging software, escaping their owners to live like woodlice in the infrastructures of buildings.