gąsienica

== Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish wąsienica. The initial g- is prothetic or by conflation with Proto-Slavic *gušterica (“lizard”). Compare Bulgarian гъсе́ница (gǎsénica), Czech housenka, Lower Sorbian guseńca, Macedonian гасеница (gasenica), Old Church Slavonic юсеница (jusenica), Russian гу́сеница (gúsenica), Serbo-Croatian gȕsenica, Slovak húsenica, Slovene gosẹ̑nica, Ukrainian гу́сениця (húsenycja), and Upper Sorbian husańca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔw̃.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/, /ɡɔɲ.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/ Rhymes: -it͡sa Syllabification: gą‧sie‧ni‧ca Homophone: Gąsienica === Noun === gąsienica f (diminutive gąsieniczka, related adjective gąsienicowy or gąsieniczy) (entomology, lepidopterology) caterpillar, leafworm (larva of a butterfly or moth) Synonyms: licha, liszka Hypernym: larwa caterpillar track (continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks, and similar off-road vehicles) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === gąsienica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN gąsienica in Polish dictionaries at PWN gąsienica in PWN's encyclopedia