въгарец

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Bulgarian

Въгарци (ларви)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ǫgrъ (creep, bug, larva) +‎ -ец (-ec). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian у̀грк (larva of gadfly), Slovene ọ̑grc (pustula caused by a parasite) and akin to Polish wągier (comedo), Czech uher (pimple).

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Noun

въгаре́ц (vǎgarécm

  1. (obsolete) parasitic bug, worm, creep
    Synonym: (partially) глист (glist)
  2. parasitic larva of botflies (which causes myiasis on ungulates and other large mammals)
  3. (by extension) (adult) botfly, gadfly, warble fly (dipteran insect of family Oestridae)
    Synonym: щръ́клица (štrǎ́klica)

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References

  • въгарец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • въгарец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въгърец, въгарец”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 201