nounspondўlēSPONDУLE☆ KeepMeaningan insect that lives in the groundLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879SPONDYLELEWIS & SHORTSPONDYLEspondўlē (sphond-), ēs, f., = σπονδύλη, I. an insect that lives in the ground, and gnaws the roots of trees, Plin. 27, 13, 118, § 143.Read the whole entry