• pill bug: 공벌레／• Woodlouse: 쥐며느리

• pill bug
= • armadillo bug /ˌɑːrməˈdɪləʊ/
: 공벌레
: 공벌레과에 속하는 등각류 동물. 콩벌레라고 부르기도 하며, 
영어로는 pill bug, roly poly, woodlouse, armadillo bug, potato bug 등 다양하게 부른다
쥐며느리와 모습이 굉장히 흡사한데, 간단한 구별 방법이 있다. 공벌레는 툭 건드리면 몸을 둥글게 마는 반면에 쥐며느리는 아무리 건드려도 몸을 말지 못한다. 억지로 말아보려 하면 몸이 두동강 난다.
티아라의 노래 중 Roly-Poly(롤리폴리)의 원어명이 공벌레이다. 물론 유래는 오뚝이이지만, 실제로 오뚝이를 뜻하는 단어는 roly-poly toy이고 정작 roly-poly는 공벌레이다

cf)
• roly-poly toy
: 오뚝이

 

 

• Woodlouse /ˈwʊdlaʊs/
(plural woodlice /ˈwʊdlaɪs/)

-a small grey creature like an insect, with a hard shell, that lives in decaying wood or wet soil
: 쥐며느리