一切經音義 51.381

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蚰蜒（上以州反下衍仙反方言蚰蜒自關而東謂之螾蜒或謂之入耳也又云北燕謂蜥蜴為祝蜒也考聲云蚰蜒蟲名者或作蝣古今正字並從虫由延皆聲也）。

House centipedes (蚰蜒: the first character has the fanqie y[ǐ] + [zh]ōu; the second character has the fanqie y[ǎn] + [xi]ān. The Fangyan states: "The house centipede (蚰蜒), east of the Pass, is called 螾蜒, or called 'ear-enterer'." It also says: "In Northern Yan, lizards are called 祝蜒." The Kaosheng says: "蚰蜒 is the name of an insect; it is also written as 蝣." The Gujin zhengzi states: "Both are composed of 'insect' [虫], with 由 (yóu) and 延 (yán) as phonetics").