míng líng

螟蛉 (míng líng) is a Chinese word meaning “green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva; adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)”.

Meanings

  1. 1green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva
  2. 2adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)

Characters in 螟蛉

螟míng · boring insect蛉líng · sandfly

Related words

螟boring insect螟虫boring insect螟蛉子adopted son剑走蜻蛉the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom)白蛉热sandfly fever草蜻蛉green lacewing蛉sandfly蜻蛉damselfly蜻蛉目Odonata, order consisting of about 6,000 species of dragonflies and damselflies

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