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wood-louse
wood-louse (ˈwʊdlaʊs) Pl. wood-lice (-laɪs). [f. wood n.1 + louse n.] 1. A small isopod crustacean of the genus Oniscus or family Oniscidæ; esp. the common species O. asellus, found in old wood, under stones, etc., and having the property of rolling itself up into a ball; also called † cheeselip, ho... Oxford English Dictionary
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wood-louse
wood-lousen (pl -lice) small wingless insect-like creature that lives in decaying wood, damp soil, etc 潮虫. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Louse
Woodlouse The name woodlouse or wood-louse is given to crustaceans of the suborder Oniscidea within the order Isopoda, unrelated to lice. wikipedia.org
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sow-bug
sow-bug [f. sow n.1 5 a.] a. A wood-louse of the genus Oniscus, esp. O. asellus. b. U.S. A small marine crustacean of the genus Idotea.1750 W. Ellis Country Housew. Comp. 157 Sow-bug or Wood-louse. 1815 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iv. (1818) I. 141 He recommends to his credulous patient to take a certain n... Oxford English Dictionary
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chesil-bob
chesil-bob dial. Also chissel-, chizzle-. = cheeselip, cheslock, wood-louse.1881 Smith I. of Wight Gl., Chissel-Bob, the wood-louse. 1883 Cope Hampsh. Gl., Chesil-bob, the wood-louse (North Hants). 1888 Lowsley Berksh. Gl., Chizzle Bobs, the bugs found under decaying wood or old bricks, etc. Oxford English Dictionary
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onisciform
onisciform, a. Zool. (əʊˈnɪsɪfɔːm) [f. L. oniscus wood-louse: see -form.] Having the form of a wood-louse or of the genus Oniscus; applied to certain Myriapoda, and to the larvæ of certain Lepidoptera.1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. xxx. 185 An onisciform one [larva], the legs of which..are covered w... Oxford English Dictionary
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oniscus
‖ oˈniscus Zool. [L., a. Gr. ὄνισκος little ass, wood-louse, dim. of ὄνος ass: used in Zool. as a generic name.] A genus of terrestrial Isopod Crustacea, the type of the family Oniscidæ. The species are commonly known as wood-lice or slaters.1848 S. Maunder Nat. Hist. 460 The terrestrial oniscus fre... Oxford English Dictionary
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هدبيات الأجنحة
وكلمة "thrips" مشتقة من اليونانية وتعني حمار قبّان (wood louse). wikipedia.org
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thurse
thurse Obs. exc. Hist. (θɜːs) Forms: 1 þyrs, 3 þurs(e, 4 thirs, 5 thursse, thyrce, thirse, thrus(se, thrusche, thrwsse, trusse, (6 thrust, 7–9 thrush, in hobthrush), 7– thurse. [OE. þyrs = OHG. duris, turs, str. m. (MHG. dürse, türse, turse, wk. m.), OS. thuris the rune þ; ON. þurs:—*þursa{supz}:—OT... Oxford English Dictionary
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cataplectic
cataˈplectic, a. [mod. ad. Gr. καταπληκτικ-ός fitted to strike or be stricken down: see cataplexy.] Of or pertaining to cataplexy.1883 Romanes Ment. Evol. Anim. xviii. 309 Such an animal as a wood-louse or death-watch, which fall into a kataplectic state immediately on being alarmed. Oxford English Dictionary
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cochineal
cochineal (ˈkɒtʃɪniːl) Forms: 6–8 cochenille, cochinelle, 7–8 cochineel, -inele, -eneal, -enile, 7– cochineal; also 7 cochenel(le, -anele, -oneel, cochinella, cochonillio; 6 cuchinilla, 7 cuchineel, -inile, -eneale, -anel, coucheneele, -enille; 6–7 cutchenele, 7 cutcheneale, -ineale, -yneale, -aneal... Oxford English Dictionary
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armadillo
armadillo (ɑːməˈdɪləʊ) Also 6–8 armadillio, 7 -ilio, -ile, 7–8 -illa. [a. Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado one armed:—L. armātus, pa. pple. of armar:—L. armāre to arm. The spellings -illio, -ilio, represented the Sp. pronunciation; armadile was perh. from Fr. As a 16th c. word, the plural is historical... Oxford English Dictionary
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oniscoid
oniscoid, a. Zool. (əʊˈnɪskɔɪd) [f. Gr. ὄνισκ-ος wood-louse + -oid.] Resembling or related to the wood-lice; onisciform. Oxford English Dictionary
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cheslock
† ˈcheslock Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 chestlock, 7 cheslok, 9 dial. cheeselog. [Of uncertain etymology. On one side the word appears related to the equivalent cheslop, cheeselip; on the other, the form chest-lock appears to be supported by an equivalent lock-chest, lock-chester ‘wood-louse’, found by J... Oxford English Dictionary
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lockchester
ˈlockchester Obs. exc. dial. Also 5 lokecheste. [perh. f. lock v.1 + chest + -er1, in allusion to the creature's habit of rolling itself up tightly.] A woodlouse.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 310/2 Locchester, wyrm. a 1485 Ibid. 316/2 (MS. S.) Lukchester, worm. 14.. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 597/8 Multipes, a lokec... Oxford English Dictionary
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