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

- roly-poly slater (Scotland, Ulster, New Zealand and Australia) sow bug woodbunter wood bug (British Columbia, Canada) wood pig (mochyn coed, Welsh) millipedus...
- their common names of pill bugs or roly polies. Other common names include slaters, potato bugs, butchy boys, and doodle bugs. Most species are native to...
- (2nd ed.). Academic Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-12-515150-4. "Isopod, Pillbug, Sow Bug Information". University of Arizona. 1997. Archived from the original on...
- including the "European garden spider", the "slater-eating spider", the "sow-bug killer", the "woodlouse hunter", and the "woodlouse spider". A bite from...
- thistle, field sowthistle, perennial sow-thistle, corn sow thistle, dindle, gutweed, swine thistle, or tree sow thistle, is a species of flowering plant...
- largely of bees, beetles, ants, and arachnids. Other foods include crayfish, sow bugs, gr****hoppers, trichopterans, lepidopterans, and dipterans. Tadpoles are...
- preying upon small invertebrates including spiders, a variety of insects and sow bugs. Crickets, beetles, moths, gr****hoppers, and other arthropods have been...
- removed from compost before use, as they can damage plants and crops. Sow bugs feed on rotting wood and decaying vegetation. Springtails feed on fungi...
- older pattern that imitates a variety of aquatic life, including scuds, sow bugs, mayfly nymphs, and caddis larvae. Soft hair and stiff bristles from a...
- invertebrates. It feeds almost exclusively on earthworms, although slugs, snails, sow bugs, insect eggs and larvae have also been found in the stomach.: 447 p.  H...