Meaning of cnidofobia by furoya

1º_ Specifically it is a phobia of the bite of a stinger with poison. While the origin is in the Greek 954; 957; 953; 948; 951; (knidé "nettle") and refers to the stinging spines of that plant, the term is extended to insects, arachnids and aquatic animals such as aguavivas. See cnidario . 2º_ It is also said to be a phobia of chains, and by extension of strings. The problem I have in leaving you with this etymology is that I do not recognize it; I looked at a couple of dictionaries and I can't find it either. Making a (very) free association it occurs to me that in the nettles there are many caterpillars, some butterfly larvae also with poisonous thorns; and as the movement of these bugs inspired a manufacturer of off-road work vehicles that he called Caterpillar ("caterpillar", in English) that move on endless chains that are affirmed on the ground when rolling, perhaps the association will come there. Although now that I think about it, they are not really chains of fastening 128533; . See -phobia, bulldozer.