gąsienica

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gąsienica

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gąsienica sense 1

gąsienica sense 2

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 husenica, Slovene gosẹ̑nica, Ukrainian гу́сениця (húsenycja), and Upper Sorbian husańca.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔw̃.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/, /ɡɔɲ.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/

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• Rhymes: -it͡sa
• Syllabification: gą‧sie‧ni‧ca
• Homophone: Gąsienica

gąsienica f (diminutive gąsieniczka, related adjective gąsienicowy or gąsieniczy)

2. (entomology, lepidopterology) caterpillar, leafworm (larva of a butterfly or moth)

   Synonyms: licha, liszka

   Hypernym: larwa

4. 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)

• gąsienica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gąsienica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• gąsienica in PWN's encyclopedia