pȯrˈselēˌō noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Porcellion-, Porcellio, from Latin, wood louse, sow bug, from porcellus little pig, diminutive of porcus pig — more at farrow
: an Old World genus of terrestrial isopods that is the type of the family Porcellionidae and includes one form ( P. scaber ) which has been introduced into the United States