different between slater vs woodlouse

English

Etymology

From Middle English sclater, equivalent to slate +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sle?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sle?t?/
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Noun

slater (plural slaters)

1. One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings.
2. Any terrestrial isopod crustacean of the genus Porcellio and allied genera; a woodlouse.
3. A harsh critic; one who slates or denigrates something.
   • 1901, The Critic (volume 39, page 562)

     Plain speaking, now and then, is very necessary. The author will call the critic a “blackguard slater," of course, but he need not be a blackguard. Ferocity of language only hurts his effect.

Translations

See also

• butcher boy
• sowbug
• woodlouse
• sai bug
• saisai gnat

Anagrams

• Salter, alerts, alters, artels, estral, laster, laters, ratels, resalt, salter, staler, stelar, strale, streal, talers, tarsel, tralse

English

Etymology

From wood +? louse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?d.?la?s/

Noun

woodlouse (plural woodlice)

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.
   • 1995, Olaf Breidbach, Wolfram Kutsch (editors), The Nervous Systems of Invertebrates: An Evolutionary and Comparative Approach, page 193,

     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.

   • 2001, John L. Capinera (editor), Handbook of Vegetable Pests, page 566,

     Woodlice commonly produce offspring 1-3 times per year, with spring and autumn broods most common. Woodlice often survive for longer than a year, with longevity of 2-5 years not uncommon.

   • 2011, Ruth Owen, Creepy Backyard Invaders, page 18,

     The sections allow woodlice to bend and curve their armored bodies. Some types of woodlice can roll into a tight ball. They do this to protect themselves when threatened by a predator.

     Female woodlice carry their eggs in a liquid-filled pouch under their bodies. When the young woodlice hatch from the eggs, they crawl out of the pouch.

Synonyms

• (any species of suborder Oniscidea): oniscidean
  • (local terms): slater, armadillo bug, butcher boy, cheese-bug, cheesybug, pill bug, rolly polly, sowbug, sai bug, saisai gnat, saikor bug, sairynkor bug, cham chamruam bug;

See also Thesaurus:woodlouse

Translations

Further reading

• woodlouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oniscidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Oniscidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons