English Explanatory Dictionary

sowbug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A woodlouse.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sowbug sowbugs sow bug sow-bug

Etymology

From Middle English sowe (“sow, female pig; also woodlouse”); bug.

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