Cornish name for the woodlouse

Alternative name for a Woodlouse. The name seems to derive from the South West counties of England. Everybody else thinks we are loonies for calling them this, but I think its cute!

A Cheesy hog is another word for a woodlouse.

1) the larval form of the antlion (also spelled ant lion), also known as a backward bug or backwards bug. It is a true insect.

2) the pill bug (a crustacean, not an insect- Order: Isopoda). Its various species are found all over the world. English slang names include: roly poly (spelled many ways), doodlebug, woodlouse, woodbug, armadillo bug, ball bug, bowling ball bug, hardy back, potato bug, slater, chuggy pig, butcher boy, carpenter, cheesybug, cheeselog, daddy gamfer (also spelled daddy gampfer), beetle bug, and Granny Grey. The most common slang names in America are roly poly and doodlebug.

3) the sow bug (also a crustacean in the Order Isopoda), which looks much like the pillbug, except it can't roll up. It has some of the same slang names as the pill bug.

A God Of the woodlice, he shall eat the woodlice he find, then bring them back to life. These woodlice that he blesses in this unique way are all called 'Chuck' After 'Chuck'. Normally, this person can talk to pidgeons as well, therfore having ultimate and supreme control over them, making them his invincible minions.

Informal name for a woodlouse or pill-bug, a type of insect that lives predominantly in damp conditions e.g: under paving slabs and logs.

The Gravesend term for "woodlouse"