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gąsienica sense 1
gąsienica sense 2

Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡɔw̃.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/, /ɡɔɲ.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/
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  • Rhymes: -it͡sa
  • Syllabification: gą‧sie‧ni‧ca
  • Homophone: Gąsienica

Noun

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

  1. (entomology, lepidopterology) caterpillar, leafworm (larva of a butterfly or moth)
    Synonyms: licha, liszka
    Hypernym: larwa
  2. 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)

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Further reading

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