Obs. [Anglicized form of ERUCA.] A caterpillar.
1382. Wyclif, Joel i. 4. A locust ete the residue of eruke, that is, a worme of bowis.
1609. Bible (Douay), ibid. The residue of the eruke hath the locust eaten.
[1711. J. Greenwood, Eng. Gram., 190. Eruke from Eruca, this some turn to Ear-Wig, as if it took its Name from the Ear.]
