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eruga.

caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[əˈɾu.ɣə]Balearic, Central, Northern[eˈɾu.ɣa]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)

    feminine

  2. caterpillar track

    feminine

  3. caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Compare Occitan eruga, Sardinian ruga.

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