especially: a wood louse capable of curling itself into a ball
Examples of sow bug in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebLike many tailwaters, spring creeks hold bug-sized crustaceans like scuds and sow bugs, essentially freshwater shrimp that are easily imitated with simple patterns on a natural drift.—Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023 These include ants, fleas, crickets, spiders, earwigs, millipedes, silverfish, mites, palmetto bugs, and sow bugs.—Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Apr. 2023
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