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螟ming4蛉ling4

ming4 ling4inferredmíng líng

English

  1. green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva
  2. 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.)

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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