Etymology

casebearer

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Today it means: Any casebearing moth. Full definition →

translingual Coleophora
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  1. translingual · calque ofColeophora
  2. English todaycasebearer

From case + bearer, a calque of translingual Coleophora.

Words from the same roots

translingualColeophora all →

coleophoran

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