dolba

Borrowed from Gaulish.

dolba f (genitive dolbae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) caterpillar

First-declension noun.

• campē
• ērūca

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

• dolbe
• tòləpe

Cognate to Abenaki tolba and Unami tulpe (“turtle”).

dolba

1. turtle