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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] A small genus of cruciferous plants, of the mountains of Europe and central Asia.
  • noun [capitalized] [NL.] A genus of univalve mollusks.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.

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  • noun zoology An insect in the larval state; a caterpillar; a larva.

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  • noun annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

Etymologies

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Latin, a caterpillar; also, a sort of colewort.

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