Definition of Pill bug. Meaning of Pill bug. Synonyms of Pill bug

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Definition of Pill bug

Pill bug
--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.

Meaning of Pill bug from wikipedia

- similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. This ability gives woodlice in this family their common names of pill bugs or roly polies. Other...
- Armadillidium vulgare, the common pill-bug, potato bug, common pill woodlouse, roly-poly, slater, doodle bug, or carpenter, is a widespread European species...
- pig'), pryf lludw ('ash bug'), granny grey in Wales pill bug (usually applied only to the genus Armadillidium) potato bug roll up bug roly-poly slater (Scotland...
- crustacean of the family Armadillidiidae, also known as a pill bug A pill millipede (unrelated to the pill bug) Syzygium alliiligneum, a plant from Queensland,...
- are also commonly known as pill woodlice, leg pebbles, pill bugs, roly-poly, or potato bugs, and are often confused with pill millipedes such as Glomeris...
- red pill and blue pill represent a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth by taking the red pill or remaining...
- across Kumandra with the last remaining dragon, Sisu, and Tuk Tuk the pill bug/armadillo/pug hybrid to retrieve the gem pieces and use its power to vanquish...
- using their stridulations in means of a mating call. Another reason the pill bugs use their stridulations to communicate is to let others know that there...
- Hungarian pill bug brothers Tuck & Roll and, in his farewell appearance, Roddy McDowall as the grandfatherly Mr. Soil—all help make "Bug's Life" special...
- are noted for their resemblance to the much smaller common woodlouse (pill bug), to which they are related. French zoologist Alphonse Milne-Edwards was...