- Cerago
- Cerago Ce*ra"go, n. [L. cera wax.] Beebread. [1913 Webster]
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Cerago
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cerago — (sɪˈreɪgəʊ) [f. L. cēra wax.] Bee bread. in Crabb; also in later Dicts … Useful english dictionary
cerago — n. [L. cera, wax] Beebread … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Xautĭa — Xautĭa, Schmetterlingsgattung aus der Familie der Eulchen, der Ordnung der Nachtfalter, Rücken kammartig, Hinterleib eckig, Raupen nackt, auf Bäumen; Arten: X. citrago, Vorderflügel citronengelb, mit vier rostbraunen Querbinden, Hinterflügel… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
beebread — n. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A bitter pollen stored by bees in the honeycomb that when mixed with honey is used for food by larvae and newly emerged workers; cerago; see ambrosia, fungus garden … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
