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eruca.

caterpillar (the larval stage of a lepidopteran)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/eˈɾu.kɐ/Brazil/iˈɾu.kɐ/Portugal
  1. caterpillar (the larval stage of a lepidopteran)

    feminine · rare
  2. caterpillar track (continuous track used by many types of off-road vehicles in place of wheels)

    feminine · rare
  3. caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks)

    feminine · rare
  4. arugula (plant of the genus Eruca)

    feminine · rare
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin eruca (“caterpillar, arugula”). Doublet of eruga, which was inherited (compare Galician eiruga).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.