pill bug

See also: pillbug

English

Alternative forms

• pillbug

Noun

pill bug (plural pill bugs)

1. (US) Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.

Synonyms

• (terrestrial crustacean): potato bug, roly-poly, sowbug

Translations

terrestrial crustacean

Finnish: pallosiira French: cloporte (fr) m, cochon de cave m, cochon de mur m German: Rollassel f Hungarian: fatetű (hu), (szárazföldi) ászka(rák) Japanese: 団子虫 (ja) (だんごむし, dangomushi) Navajo: wónitłʼizí Polish: stonoga (pl) f Russian: мокри́ца (ru) f (mokríca) Serbo-Croatian: mokrica (sh) f Spanish: bicho bola m, bicho bolita (es) m (Argentina, Uruguay), cochinilla (es) f, porqueta (es) f, bichobolita m (Argentina), chanchito (es) m (Peru, Chile), marranito m (Colombia) Swedish: gråsugga (sv) c Turkish: tespih böceği (tr)