Roly-polys

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  1. 1
    plural of roly-poly form-of, plural

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butterballfatsofattyabsolute zeroadiposeagitator

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"When I was a kid we called sowbugs “roly-polys”, because they roll up in a ball when threatened. In some other places that kind of isopod is called a “woodlouse”."

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