(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family , a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
(US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family , a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.
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(UK, dialect) A woodlouse.
(US, informal) A crayfish.
Any of various species of marine (saltwater or freshwater) crustaceans; e.g. a Moreton Bay bug, mudbug.
(informal, proscribed) Any insect, or sometimes an arachnid, crustacean, or other arthropod, especially one that is small, terrestrial, or seen as a pest.
(Scotland, Australia, New Zealand) Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus and allied genera; a woodlouse.