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eruga

Pronunciation: [əˈɾu.ɣə]

“eruga” is a Catalan word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

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

In Catalan

  1. Cinta o cadena articulada que s'afegeix a les llantes situades als costats d'un vehicle per permetre el seu desplaçament per terrenys abruptes o escabrosos.
  2. ruca

Etymology

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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