Definition of Sow bug. Meaning of Sow bug. Synonyms of Sow bug

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Definition of Sow bug

Sow bug
Sow Sow, n. [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to s[=u], D. zog, zeug, OHG. s[=u], G. sau, Icel. s[=y]r, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. s[=u] to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. [root]294. Cf. Hyena, Soil to stain, Son, Swine.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) The female of swine, or of the hog kind. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A sow bug. 3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander. 4. (Mil.) A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. --Craig. Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscid[ae]. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. Sow thistle [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.

Meaning of Sow bug from wikipedia

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- isopoda ('isopods') is an order of peracarid crustacean s, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bug s. the name isopoda
- 'sow into you' is an electronica song written and produced by róisín murphy and track listings : 'sow into you' (bugs in the attic remix) '
- trilobites resemble sow bug s (commonly known as 'carpenters') or crabs and were first discovered along the river in 1874 by t.c. weston
- its diet consists of mostly small insects, such as caterpillars, beetle larvae, earthworms, centipedes, slugs, and sow bugs.
- a variety of insects and sow bugs cricket s, beetles , moths , grasshopper s, and other arthropods have been found in the stomach s of
- other food items include earthworms, spiders, millipedes, centipedes, sow bugs and snails. file:7z1e5531. jpg , male bluebird fruits are
- their diet s consist primarily of ant s, beetle s, sow bug s, and earthworms, but they will consume most kinds of insect . reproduction
- it is an older pattern that imitates a variety of aquatic life, including scuds, sow bugs, mayfly nymphs, and caddis larvae. tying soft hair
- yellow jacket wasp (vespula pennsylavanica), sow bug (malacostraca isopoda), bumblebee (bombus ternarius), blue-winged olive (ephemerella