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螟蛉

míng líng

2-character word

What 螟蛉 means

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.)

The characters in 螟蛉

• 螟míngboring insect; snout moth's larva…
• 蛉língsandfly

Words starting with 螟蛉

• 螟蛉子míng líng zǐadopted son

Sounds the same

Read míng líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 名伶famous actor or actress (Chinese opera)