roly-polies
Armored garden crawlers
Roly-polies are small gray crustaceans that curl into a ball when disturbed, found under rocks and in damp soil.
Also called pill bugs or woodlice.
The name also applies to a British pudding made of suet pastry spread with jam, rolled up, and steamed or baked.
As an adjective, roly-poly describes someone short and plump: a roly-poly toddler.
Small terrestrial isopods
- pillbugsTerrestrial isopods, often curling
- sowbugsTerrestrial crustaceans in soil
- isopodsEqual-footed crustacean order
- curlingForming curved shapes
garden · compost · decomposers · moisture · soil · exoskeleton · segments · antennae
woodlice
Small terrestrial isopods
- pillbugsTerrestrial isopods, often curling
- sowbugsTerrestrial crustaceans in soil
- isopodsEqual-footed crustacean order
curling · garden · compost · decomposers · moisture · soil · exoskeleton · segments · antennae · legs
tumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
- somersaultsFull rotational body tumbles
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
toddlers · chubby · bouncing · playful · round · pudgy · waddling · crawling · giggling · babies
dolls
Toy human figures
- weightedMade intentionally heavier
- self-rightingAutomatically returns to upright
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
chime · infant · rocking · wobble · bottom-heavy · nursery · classic · vintage · celluloid · tinkling
- Soil Lifeearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, nematodes, soil bacteria
roly-poliesstick insects
Twig-shaped camouflaged bugs
centipedes · earthworms · slugs · flatworms · silverfish
roly-poliesinsects
Six-legged arthropods
beetles · ants · flies · grasshoppers · moths
roly-poliesbeanpoles
Tall, thin individuals
string beans · stick figures · skin and bones · waifs · scarecrows