cernet

[ME., She a-roos softly, and made a cerne with hir wymple all a-boute the bu h and all a-boute Merlin. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 681. cernuous (ser'nu-us), a. [L. cernuus , stooping or bending forward.] Drooping; hanging; destructive to turnip-crops by eating the leaves. These caterpillars are about half an inch long, green in color, and tapering to both ends. The genus is referred to the family Tineid a.