armadillo bug
nounEtymology From armadillo + bug.
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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.1946, Cornelius Weygandt, On the Edge of Evening, →OCLC, page 21:
- 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!2003, Helen Kay Polaski, Forget me Knots... from the Front Porch, →ISBN, page 70: