| 单词 | armadillo woodlouse |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmadillo woodlouse 2. In full armadillo bug. Any of the woodlice constituting the families Armadillidae and Armadillidiidae, able to roll tightly into a smooth ball leaving only the plates of the back exposed; a pill woodlouse. Formerly also †armadillo woodlouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Arthostraca > order Isopoda > family Armadillilidae or genus Armadillo armadillo1805 1805 Philos. Mag. 22 53 The armadillo, which is indebted for its denomination to the property it has of folding itself double on the least danger, is the one chosen for medicinal purposes. 1844 Penny Mag. 5 Oct. 386/2 Both the Pill Millepede and the Armadillo Woodlouse are abundant in the writer's garden. 1859 J. G. Wood Comm. Obj. Country iv. 65 Formerly the armadillo was used in medicine, being swallowed as a pill in its rolled up state. 1890 Harper's Young People 10 June 540/2 I find..beetles, bugs,..armadillo bugs, and ants—which are among the certain dwellers beneath almost any stone in the field. 1913 F. M. Duncan Cassell's Nat. Hist. vii. 123 One group of Isopods, the Oniscidæ, are familiar to most people under the name of Woodlouse, or Armadillo Bug. 2010 D. Mayer Compl. Guide Compan. Planting iii. 88 These insects are known by many names such as wood louse, armadillo bug, and slater. < as lemmas |
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