eruga

== Catalan == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əˈɾu.ɣə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [eˈɾu.ɣa] === Noun === eruga f (plural erugues) caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva) caterpillar track caterpillar (a vehicle with caterpillar tracks) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== arna f (“moth”) papallona f (“butterfly”) === References === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “eruga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan eruga, eruca, from Latin ērūca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [eˈryɣo] === Noun === eruga f (plural erugas) A caterpillar (a lepidopteran larva) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin eruca. Compare Galician eiruga. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uɡɐ Hyphenation: e‧ru‧ga === Noun === eruga f (plural erugas) (rare) synonym of eruca (“caterpillar, arugula”) === Further reading === “eruga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “eruga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Sardinian == === Alternative forms === ruga, berruca, arruga, ferruga, orruca, verruga, rugaruga === Etymology === From Latin eruca. === Noun === eruga f (plural erugas) alternative form of ruga