volucra

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vŏlūcra: ae, f. volvo,
I a kind of worm or caterpillar that wraps itself up in vineleaves (called also convolvulus), Col. Arb. 15.—It is also called vŏlūcre, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 265; and plur. volucres, Col. 10, 333.