rare. See ERUKE. [L. ērūca caterpillar.] The larva of a butterfly or such like insect; a caterpillar. Hence Eruca-like a.
[1609. Bible (Douay), Joel i. 4. Comm., Eruca, a worme that destroyeth herbes and fruictes.]
1691. Ray, Creation (1701), 136. May be observed in the production of silk worms, yea all other eruca’s, and many insects more!
a. 1839. Galt, Demon Dest., III. (1840), 22. Eruca-like they rise, As bright aurelias in the summer’s shine.
