slater
nounUK /ˈsleɪtə/
US /ˈsleɪtər/
A slater is a small gray bug with many legs that rolls up into a ball when scared.
We found a slater under the rock in the garden.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A person who makes roofs from slate, a hard gray rock.
The slater fixed the broken tiles on our roof.
3. A machine or tool used to cut or split slate.
The worker used a slater to split the stone into thin sheets.
4. A person who lays slate tiles on roofs.
My uncle works as a slater on old houses.