calandrus

Latin

Noun

calandrus m

(Medieval Latin) Name for various insect pests.
1. weevil
2. grasshopper

Descendants

→ Middle French: calandre, calende
- French: calandre
  - → English: calander
- → Dutch: kalander
  - Afrikaans: kalander

References

calandrus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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