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woodlouse
(wʊdlaʊs)
Word forms: plural woodlice (wʊdlaɪs)
countable noun
A woodlouse is a very small grey creature with a hard body and fourteen legs. Woodlice live in damp places.
woodlouse in British English
(ˈwʊdˌlaʊs)
nounWord forms: plural -lice (-ˌlaɪs)
any of various small terrestrial isopod crustaceans of the genera Oniscus, Porcellio, etc, which have a flattened segmented body and occur in damp habitats
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