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螟蛉

míng líng word C2
  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.)
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