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werch-peet

Dictionary entry

werch-peet • n • larva of the Jerusalem cricket • a character in creation stories • See

Lexicon record # 3983 | Source reference(s): YM50 FS(B220) FS(B220) HIC74
Semantic domain: bugs and insects

Sentence example (1)

  1. Aa, ey. Peesh wee-tue 'o so-ne'm. Werch-peet soo-nok's, 'we-sek', Wee-tue kee so'n k'ee ker-gerch-per', 'oo.
    Ah, yes. This is how they were. Jerusalem Cricket thinks thus, thinking, "This is how girls' first menstruation will be, yes."

    — Doctor Jo (Pecwan Doctor), "Myth of the Origin of Puberty" (Sa, 1907)