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Definition of woodlouse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

picture of a woodlouse

woodlouse

noun

woodlouse pronunciation English

ˈwʊdlaʊs

woodlouse pronunciation American

ˈwʊdlaʊs

plural woodlice

woodlice pronunciation English

ˈwʊdlaɪs

woodlice pronunciation American

ˈwʊdlaɪs

a small grey creature like an insect, with a hard shell, that lives in decaying wood or damp soil