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The character 螬 combines the insect radical 虫 on the left, indicating an arthropod, with the phonetic component 曹 on the right. It appears almost exclusively in the compound 蛴螬, referring to the white scarab beetle larva, a common agricultural pest that feeds on plant roots. This character serves as a specialized zoological term in agricultural and entomological contexts, seldom used independently or for other meanings.