stonka
See also: stonką
Polish
editEtymology
editApparently coined by Polish naturalist agronomist and entomologist Jan Krzysztof Kluk in the 18th century, perhaps modelled on stać, originally meaning ladybird.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstonka f
- Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
- Synonym: stonka ziemniaczana
- Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera ssp. virgifera)
- Synonym: stonka kukurydziana
- (chiefly in the singular, collective, colloquial, derogatory) troublesome and loitering crowd in some place
- Synonym: szarańcza
Declension
editDeclension of stonka
Derived terms
editnoun
References
editFurther reading
editSlovak
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editstonka f
Further reading
edit- “stonka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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