and not #buttermaggots? (Actually, the word comes from #OldFrench: #chatepelose, hairy cat (reminiscent of #WoollyBears, see #Piksepeni), later modified by the verb #piller, to pillage, plunder, reflected in the Est. name: #röövik, plunderer, robber, etc.). See also #Kedriku.
#Insect #Putukas
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#Piksepeni (Piksepeni)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Lit. #Thunderstorm #dog (#peni [or penni or pini] is an alternative or #dialect word for dog, more common in the southern half of #Estonia, cf. #Livonian #piņ, but see also Eastern (Ter?) #Sámi #pienneoi in #Eerikneeme, or #beana in Northern(?)
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(see #Tammsaare A.H.), one in the #Kola peninsula village of #Поно́й (Ponoy, derived from ‘Sami’ [dialect unspecified] #pienneoi, dog river [see #Piksepeni]), which a local claimed to be called #Вавилонъ (Babylon). Others have been located in #Boughton, UK (the outline of a labyrinth can be
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#Päevakoera (Päevakoer)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Lit. day dog (cf. #Piksepeni). Garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, or cream-spot tiger moth, A. villica. Part of a lepidopteran group. See also #Pääsusaba.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Animals#Loomad
#Insect#Putukas
#Butterfly#Liblikas
