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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech húsěnicě, from Proto-Slavic *ǫsěnica.
Pronunciation
Noun
housenice f
- (archaic or dialectal) caterpillar
- Synonym: housenka
- one of several hypocrealean fungi species
- housenice červená ― Cordyceps militaris
- housenice čínská ― caterpillar fungus, Ophiocordyceps sinensis
- housenice hlavatá ― Tolypocladium capitatum
- housenice vosová ― Ophiocordyceps sphecocephala
- tenthredinid larva
- Synonym: pahousenka
Declension
Declension of housenice (soft feminine)
Further reading
- “housenice”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “housenice”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989