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kayepkep
/kayɔpkɔp/
n.
“insect_type”
 
n.
a type of insect like a small cockroach which lives on the underside of rocks in rough waters such as rapids and waterfalls
Nakasayew-sayew a su migkepkepan te kayepkep ka paa ku su kahiyen ku ne limatek.
I was dancing when the kayepkep insect sticks on my foot because I taught that it was leech.
Cult. Matigsalugs catch these by putting their hands under the rocks and grabbing them. They are eaten raw unless there's a lot of big ones in which cause they are cooked in leaves in the fire (egbunguhan)
Eng. insect variety
OCM: Fauna (136)
DDP: Insect (1.6.1.7)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: RT

Updated by: RJH,AAA,NJK
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009