tè
𫋌
ancient term for crop-devouring pest
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a pest that eats seedling leaves (as recorded in ancient texts)
archaicAn archaic technical term found in classical agricultural and botanical texts. Specifically refers to insects that damage young crops by consuming their leaves. The variant form '螣' is more commonly encountered in modern scholarship when quoting classical texts.
Tè蟘
chóng虫
hài害
miáo苗
，
nóng农
rén人
jí亟
chú除
zhī之
。
The tè pests were damaging the seedlings, so the farmers urgently removed them.
Gǔ古
jí籍
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
，
tè蟘
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
zhuān专
shí食
hé禾
miáo苗
zhī之
yè叶
de的
hài害
chóng虫
。
Ancient texts record that the tè is a pest that specifically feeds on the leaves of grain seedlings.
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《
Yǎ尔
lǎn雅
》
yún云
：
tè蟘
，
shí食
miáo苗
yè叶
zhě者
。
The Erya states: tè refers to that which eats seedling leaves.