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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any terrestrial isopod of the family Oniscidæ. The common wood-louse of England is a species of Oniscus. Also called hog-louse, sow-bug, slater, etc. See cuts under
Isopoda and Oniscus. - noun A termite, or white ant, as Termes flavipes; any member of the Termitidæ. See cut under
Termes . - noun Any one of the small whitish species of the pseudoneuropterous family Psocidæ, found in the woodwork of houses; the death-watch; a book-louse. See book-louse, Psocidæ, and cut under
death-watch . - noun Same as
wood-louse-milleped .
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- noun any of various small terrestrial isopods having a flat elliptical segmented body; found in damp habitats
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