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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Roly-polys
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Noun(89 words)
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Adjective(23 words)
meatyovernourishedoverweightpaunchypleasantly plumpplumpplus-sizepodgyporcineportlypotbelliedpudgyrotundrubenesquesonsyswagbelliedthicktubbywell-coveredwell-padded
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