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蜾 is a phono-semantic compound, combining the radical 虫 (denoting insects, reptiles, and creeping creatures) with the phonetic element 果, which supplies the pronunciation. It appears almost exclusively in the binome 蜾蠃 (guǒluǒ), the specific name for the potter wasp or solitary wasp. This structure follows the typical pattern for insect names in Chinese: the radical provides the broad entomological category while the phonetic indicates the sound. The meaning of 蜾 is limited to this zoological term and has no extended or figurative uses.
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