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Definition of Caterpillar
1. Noun. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.
Group relationships: Lepidoptera, Order Lepidoptera
Specialized synonyms: Tussock Caterpillar, Cankerworm, Inchworm, Looper, Measuring Worm, Phthorimaea Operculella, Potato Tuberworm, Cutworm, Army Worm, Armyworm, Pseudaletia Unipuncta, Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera Exigua, Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda, Manduca Sexta, Tobacco Hornworm, Tomato Worm, Manduca Quinquemaculata, Potato Worm, Tomato Hornworm, Silkworm, Giant Silkworm, Silkworm, Wild Wilkworm, Tent Caterpillar, Lappet Caterpillar, Webworm, Corn Borer, Pyrausta Nubilalis, Bollworm, Cabbageworm, Pieris Rapae, Woolly Bear, Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Generic synonyms: Larva
Specialized synonyms: Tussock Caterpillar, Cankerworm, Inchworm, Looper, Measuring Worm, Phthorimaea Operculella, Potato Tuberworm, Cutworm, Army Worm, Armyworm, Pseudaletia Unipuncta, Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera Exigua, Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera Frugiperda, Manduca Sexta, Tobacco Hornworm, Tomato Worm, Manduca Quinquemaculata, Potato Worm, Tomato Hornworm, Silkworm, Giant Silkworm, Silkworm, Wild Wilkworm, Tent Caterpillar, Lappet Caterpillar, Webworm, Corn Borer, Pyrausta Nubilalis, Bollworm, Cabbageworm, Pieris Rapae, Woolly Bear, Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Generic synonyms: Larva
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Definition of Caterpillar
1. n. The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
Definition of Caterpillar
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caterpillar
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