Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pill bug

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: pil-l bug
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.

American usage

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

pill bugs (plural) pillbug (alternative)

Synonyms

potato bug roly-poly sowbug

Questions

What does pill bug mean?: Any of very many terrestrial crustaceans, of the family Armadillidiidae, a subgroup of the woodlice, that can roll themselves up into a protective ball.

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