vegetable caterpillar
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Vegetable caterpillar — Taxobox name = Caterpillar fungus image width = 250px image caption = Cordyceps sinensis regnum = Fungi phylum = Ascomycota classis = Sordariomycetes ordo = Hypocreales familia = Clavicipitaceae genus = Cordyceps species = C. sinensis binomial =… … Wikipedia
vegetable caterpillar — /vɛdʒtəbəl ˈkætəpɪlə/ (say vejtuhbuhl katuhpiluh) noun a fungus of the genus Cordyceps, which parasitises insect bodies and leaves them solidified …
Ophiocordyceps sinensis — (left) growing out of the head of a dead caterpillar Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
aweto — äˈwed.(ˌ)ō, äˈfe noun ( s) Etymology: Maori : a composite structure that occurs in New Zealand, that when dried and burned yields a useful black pigment, and that is made up of the mummified body of a caterpillar killed by the attack of a… … Useful english dictionary
Thitarodes — Taxobox name = Thitarodes regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Hepialidae genus = Thitarodes genus authority = Viette, 1968 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text. Thitarodes is a genus… … Wikipedia
awheto — /ˈawɛtoʊ/ (say ahwetoh) noun NZ → vegetable caterpillar. Also, aweto, awhato …
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