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名詞

armadillo bug (plural armadillo bugs)

1. A common name for several species of woodlouse (such as those in family Armadillidiidae) that roll into a ball when disturbed.

   Synonyms: (US) pill bug, (Canada, US) roly-poly

   • 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!