eruga

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

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈɾu.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /eˈɾu.ɡa/

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eruga f (plural erugues)

1. caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)
2. caterpillar track
3. caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks)

• arna f (“moth”)
• papallona f (“butterfly”)

• “eruga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Occitan eruga, eruca, from Latin ērūca.

• IPA^(key): [eˈryɣo]

eruga f (plural erugas)

1. A caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva)