Engerling

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German

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 Engerling on German Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German engerlinc, from Old High German engiring (10th c.), diminutive of angar ‘large larva’ (compare modern dialectal Anger, Inger), from Proto-Germanic *angaraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ir- (compare Lithuanian ungurỹs ‘eel’, ánkštara, inkstìras ‘pimple; tapeworm’, Albanian thnegël ‘ant’). Compare also Unke, ultimately from a variant of the same Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/, [ˈʔɛŋɐlɪŋ]
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Noun

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Engerling m (strong, genitive Engerlings, plural Engerlinge)

  1. a white, dirt-dwelling grub of beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, for example the European cockchafers, the summer chafers, the garden chafer or the European rhinoceros beetle.
  2. (dated or dialectal) larva of the family Oestridae, including the botflies, warbleflies and gadflies.
    • 1911, Sigmund Schenkling, “Die Bekämpfung der Dasselplage”, in Deutsche entomologische National-Bibliothek : Rundschau im Gebiete der Insektenkunde mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Literatur[1], volume 2, number 17, Berlin-Dahlem, pages 134-135:
      Hier finden sich dann die Dasselbeulen, etwa sechs Monate nach dem Schwärmen der Fliegen, also im Januar bis zum Frühjahr. Die Beulen erreichen die Größe einer Walnuß und weisen bei der Reife seitlich eine kleine Öffnung auf, aus der eine klebrige Flüssigkeit hervortritt. In diesen Beulen sitzen die Larven, von den Landleuten „Engerlinge“ genannt.
      Here the warbles appear, approximately six months after the swarming of the adult, thus in January until the Spring. The swellings reach the size of a walnut and upon maturity exhibit a small opening at the side, from which a sticky fluid emerges. In these swellings reside the larvae, known to the country folk as "grubs".

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: engerling

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