Cockroach vs Woodlouse - What's the difference?
cockroach | woodlouse |
A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea .
(offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.
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 ,
* 2001 , John L. Capinera (editor), Handbook of Vegetable Pests ,
* 2011 , Ruth Owen, Creepy Backyard Invaders ,
As nouns the difference between cockroach and woodlouse
is that cockroach is a black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea while woodlouse is 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.cockroach
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(wikipedia cockroach)Noun
(es)Synonyms
* (black or brown insect) roach (US)woodlouse
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(woodlice)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.
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.
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.