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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Isopod
//ˈaɪ.sə(ʊ)ˌpɒd//
Synonyms for "isopod"
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 18 languages.
Czech
1 entries- stejnonožec noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Dutch
1 entries- pissebed noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Finnish
1 entries- siira noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
French
1 entries- isopode noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
German
1 entries- Assel noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Hungarian
2 entries- ászka noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
- ászkarák noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Ido
1 entries- isopodo noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Irish
1 entries- iseapód noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Italian
1 entries- isopode noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Latin
1 entries- isopūs noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Limburgish
1 entries- kelderverke noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Polish
1 entries- równonóg noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Portuguese
2 entries- isópode noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
- isópodo noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Russian
2 entries- изопо́д noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
- равноно́гий noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Spanish
1 entries- isópodo noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Thai
1 entries- ไอโซพอด noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Turkish
1 entries- tespih böceği noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
Zealandic
1 entries- platte zeuge noun (crustacean of the order Isopoda)
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