kIwa · masculine
insect
Kīṭa (neuter) [cf. Sanskrit kīṭa] a general term for insect Dhp-a I 187; usually in combination with paṭaṅga, beetle (moth?) M III 168 (with puḷava); Snp 602; Ja VI 208; Miln 272 (°vaṇṇa); Pv-a 67; Vism 115. kīṭa at Ja V 373 means a kind of shield (= cāṭipāla?), the reading should probably be kheṭa.
kīṭa ( m. or nt. ; = Skt. Lex. id. , BR 5.1298 ), excrement : Śikṣ 81.5 ( vs ) kīṭakumbho ( chamber-pot ) yathā … pūrṇo mūtrapurīṣeṇa. So with Tib. ; Bendall and Rouse very implausibly pot of worms .
a worm, an insect
(masc, masc) insect insect, moth