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la chenille

/ʃə.nij/ noun · feminine B1
  1. caterpillar
  2. chenille
  3. caterpillar track, snow chain
  4. whirligig (fairground attraction)

Plural chenilles

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Ailleurs, il observe des chenilles processionnaires qui tournent en rond pendant plusieurs jours sur le bord d'un grand vase, chacune suivant fidèlement celle qui la précède.
Jean-Henri Fabre, le poète des insectes, p. 1 · C1

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