Found 2 hits - Term: pill bug, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pill \pill\, n. f. pilute, l. pilula a pill, little ball, dim.
of l. pila a ball. cf. piles.
1. a medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round
mass, to be swallowed whole.
1913 webster
2. figuratively, something offensive or nauseous which must
be accepted or endured. --udall.
1913 webster
pill beetle zool., any small beetle of the genus
byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed
beneath the thorax.
pill bug zool., any terrestrial isopod of the genus
armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a
ball when disturbed. called also pill wood louse.
1913 webster
see also:
piles pill beetle byrrhus pill bug armadillo pill wood louse
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
pill bug
n : small terrestrial isopod with a convex segmented body that
can roll up into a ball
Results 1 - 4 of 4 found about pill bug: Bug
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Bug, definition of term: Bug
bug_pag1.html Bug Out
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Bug Out, definition of term: Bug Out
bug+out_pag1.html Chinch Bug
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Chinch Bug, definition of term: Chinch Bug
chinch+bug_pag1.html Bed Bug
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Bed Bug, definition of term: Bed Bug
bed+bug_pag1.html
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