armadillo bug

English

an armadillo bug or woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare

Etymology

armadillo +‎ bug

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Noun

armadillo bug (plural armadillo bugs)

1. A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial isopods of suborder Oniscidea.
   • 1946, Cornelius Weygandt, On the Edge of Evening, →OCLC, page 21:

     At Tulpehocken Street, playing in the woodpile by the stable, the creature, which I called an armadillo bug, somehow got into my ear.

   • 2003, Helen Kay Polaski, Forget me Knots... from the Front Porch, →ISBN, page 70:

     Dad held his breath while Pam rolled over like an armadillo bug. Mom stood up from her chair and wandered to the edge of the porch watching, but Pam wasn't hurt. She hadn't even let go of the ball!