scare-sleep

Noun

obsolete

(obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria).

Japanese Meaning

（古語）ランタンフライ、すなわち、Fulgora laternariaに属する蛾類に類する昆虫。

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A weary traveler found a strange scare-sleep perched on the lantern, its wings patterned like a painted mask.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

疲れた旅人はランタンに止まった奇妙なランタンフライを見つけ、その羽には彩色された仮面のような模様があった。

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(obsolete) An insect, a lanternfly (Fulgora laternaria).

The other was a large fly, which Madam Merian, who gives a drawing of it, calls the vielleur, but which I have generally heard called the ſcare-ſleep by the Dutch.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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scare-sleeps

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