woodlouseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈwʊdˌlaʊs/

名詞

woodlouse (plural woodlice)

1. Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.
   • 1995, Olaf Breidbach, Wolfram Kutsch, editors, The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach, page 193:

     In addition, both the woodlouse and the crayfish possess an unpaired medial nerve which runs along the whole length of the ventral nerve cord, linking adjacent ganglia.

   • 2001, John L. Capinera, editor, Handbook of Vegetable Pests, page 566:

     Woodlice commonly produce offspring 1-3 times per year, with spring and autumn broods most common. Woodlice often survive for longer than a year, with longevity of 2-5 years not uncommon.

   • 2011, Ruth Owen, Creepy Backyard Invaders, page 18:

     The sections allow woodlice to bend and curve their armored bodies. Some types of woodlice can roll into a tight ball. They do this to protect themselves when threatened by a predator.
     Female woodlice carry their eggs in a liquid-filled pouch under their bodies. When the young woodlice hatch from the eggs, they crawl out of the pouch.

同意語

• (any species of suborder Oniscidea): oniscidean
  • (local terms): armadillo bug, butcher boy, cham chamruam bug, cheese-bug, cheesybug, chiggypig, doodlebug, grammersow, pill bug, rolly polly/roly-poly/roly poly, sowbug, sowpig, sai bug, saisai gnat, saikor bug, sairynkor bug, slater

See also Thesaurus:woodlouse

派生語

Further reading

• woodlouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oniscidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oniscidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons