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armadillo bug

noun

Etymology

From armadillo + bug.

  1. derived from *buddô✻
  2. derived from budda
  3. derived from budde
  4. derived from *bʰew-✻
  5. derived from *bugja-✻
  6. derived from bugge
  7. compounded as armadillo bug — “armadillo + bug”

Definitions

  1. A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial isopods of suborder Oniscidea.

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

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA