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ca·delle (kə del′)

noun

the larva or adult of a small, shiny, black beetle (Tenebroides mauritanicus) harmful to grain

Etymology: Fr < Prov cadello < L catella, fem. of catellus, puppy, whelp < IE base *kat-, to bear young > ON hathna, young goat

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