woodlouse

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈwʊd.ˌlaʊs/

名詞

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

日本語の意味

湿った暗所（例：石の下や樹皮の下）に生息し、固い節足の外骨格を持ち、体節が連なっている陸生の等脚類甲殻類。 / しばしば球状に丸まることができ、主に死んだ植物質を食べる生物で、一般的に「ダンゴムシ」とも呼ばれる。

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I found a woodlouse hiding beneath a damp stone in the garden, slowly munching on a fallen leaf.

庭の湿った石の下に隠れて落ち葉をゆっくりと食べているワラジムシを見つけた。

詳細

意味（1）

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

In addition, both the woodlouse and the crayfish possess an unpaired medial nerve which runs along the whole length of the ventral nerve cord, linking adjacent ganglia.

詳細

woodlice （ plural ）