"armadillo bug" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: armadillo bug s [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌɡ Etymology: armadillo + bug Etymology templates: {{compound|en|armadillo|bug}} armadillo + bug Head templates: {{en-noun|armadillo bugs}} armadillo bug (plural armadillo bugs)
  1. A woodlouse, any of various terrestrial isopods of suborder Oniscidea. Categories (lifeform): Isopods

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