Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various woodlice of the family Armadillidiidae, having the ability to roll into a tight ball.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
pill bug .
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Examples
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Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug.
April 2010 2010
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It's so large, in comparison to its land-dwelling relative, the familiar and even slightly cute pillbug or sowbug, because of the phenomenon of deep sea gigantism, which also gives rise to the giant squid.
April 2010 2010
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Ever since I saw the picture of the giant isopod brought up the the submarine crew last week, I was fascinated by this creature, which amounts to a deep water-dwelling pillbug.
BOOK VIEW CAFE BLOG » The Sessile Eye of the Isopod: Getting Ideas 2010
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She was absorbed by the touch pool and especially the gumboot chiton (which resembles a fleshy marine pillbug).
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March 19, 2008 at 6:28 pm to da maker: are da trilobites half rollie-pollie pillbug an half lobsta tail?
prehistoric trilobites - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 20, 2008 at 6:13 am actually, these are deep sea isopods related to the pillbug etc, called Bathynomus.
prehistoric trilobites - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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And for me, Scalzi just said I was coming back as a pillbug ooh, wait, Kafka-esqy.
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That way to start my new karmic life as a pillbug all the sooner.
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Hmm, that explains why I saw a pillbug sitting on the piece of cuttlefish in my H. aspersa's terrarium today.
Gastropods and isopods AYDIN 2007
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What if she was eaten, and I'm now sleeping next to a gigantic pillbug that's pretending to snore?
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