woodlice in English

noun
1
a small terrestrial crustacean with a grayish segmented body and seven pairs of legs, living in damp habitats.

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1. Woodlice make good subjects for behaviour tests.

2. Woodlice attack living plants and gnaw at the stems.

3. In the kitchen I scoured the cupboards, and poured disinfectant over small black creatures like woodlice.

4. This is partly because woodlice secrete chemicals which many spiders find unpalatable, and partly because of their tough armour.

5. You could also sow seeds, such as mustard and cress, in the pot and see if the woodlice eat the seedlings.

6. The last are suitable for small fish as they are, but earthworms and woodlice are too big for many tropical fish.

7. This is partly because woodlice secrete chemicals which many spiders find unpalatable,[Sentencedict.com ] and partly because of their tough armour.

8. Wingless females of many tropical species present a close superficial resemblance to woodlice; and one interesting Apterous form known as Pseudoglomeris, from the East Indies, is able to roll up like a …

9. Branchiopoda - primitive aquatic mainly freshwater crustaceans: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps; tadpole shrimps; can shrimps; water fleas subclass Branchiopoda class Crustacea, Crustacea - class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas genus Daphnia - water fleas

10. ‘It is a small Crustacean related to the woodlice.’ ‘Hungry when born, sea horses eat Crustacean larvae and other small creatures with their tubular mouths.’ ‘If this protein evolved with the faster Crustacean rate, the estimated time of divergence is even more recent.’