pill bug
noun
: wood louse
especially : a wood louse capable of curling itself into a ball
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The warrior and her pet pill bug, Tuk Tuk, must find the last dragon, Sisu, to save Kumandra from the Druun once again. 
Seventeen, 31 Aug. 2022 At one point, Ramgopal paused to rescue a pill bug from the hallway floor. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 While his fear may be disappointing to fans of insects, as well as other in-game creatures like spiders, pill bugs and moths, Blathers always promises to take care of any donation entrusted to him. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020
Seventeen, 31 Aug. 2022 At one point, Ramgopal paused to rescue a pill bug from the hallway floor. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 While his fear may be disappointing to fans of insects, as well as other in-game creatures like spiders, pill bugs and moths, Blathers always promises to take care of any donation entrusted to him. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2020 Word History
Etymology
pill entry 2; from its rolling into a ball when disturbed
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
- gobble up
- gobble up or down
- gobbled
- gobbled (up or down)
- gobbled (up)
- gobbled up
- gobbled up or down
- gobbledegook
- gobbledegooks
- gobbledygook
- gobbledygooks
- gobbler
- gobblers
- gobbles
- gobbles (up or down)
- gobbles (up)
- gobbles up
- gobbles up or down
- gobbling
- gobbling (up or down)
- gobbling (up)
- gobbling up
- gobbling up or down
- gobbo
- Gobelin