caterpillar
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- noun
- /ˈkætərˌpɪlər/
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- Fewer than 10 percent of monarch caterpillars make it to adulthood each year.
- caterpillar into a butterfly
- caterpillar stage
- caterpillars and pupae
And then much of the Caterpillar liquefies.
- And then much of the Caterpillar liquefies.
- Or like a Caterpillar to a butterfly.
- Those eggs will actually hatch inside of the moth or the Caterpillar.
- Jesus, it looked like one of those, like poisonous caterpillars.
- And humans are unlike caterpillars in that we can choose to stay Caterpillar forever.
Examples
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A caterpillar turns into a butterfly, doesn't it?
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There was a foot long caterpillar climbing up my arm, on my face, almost in my mouth.
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A caterpillar can look like a snake.
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We point out that birds issue from eggs, while caterpillars develop into butterflies.
Fiction book (1991) -
Have you ever seen a migration of woollyworm caterpillars crossing the road?
Fiction book (2001) -
My precious caterpillars.
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Robin, if a caterpillar was afraid of wings, it would never become a butterfly, and people would look at it and say, "Oh, look. There's a worm on the tree."
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The green and fuzzy caterpillar in my garden was munching on the leaves.
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A bright yellow caterpillar slowly crawled along the branch, searching for food.
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Children gathered around to watch as the caterpillar transformed into a beautiful butterfly.
Synonyms
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5.1
An immature animal, like an insect or frog, that looks different and later becomes an adult
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3.4
A caterpillar of a moth that makes silk for cloth
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5.3
A small green caterpillar that moves by making a loop with its body
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7.9
A large green caterpillar with a horn at its tail that eats tomato plants
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A caterpillar that lives in groups inside a silk web on tree branches
A soft caterpillar often fed to reptiles and birds or used in science
A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth
A hairy caterpillar with a thick, fuzzy coat and dark bands
A caterpillar with small groups of hair that becomes a moth
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tobacco and similar plants
A large caterpillar that makes strong silk for its cocoon
A small caterpillar with legs only near its head and tail that moves by making a loop
A caterpillar that lives in a small bag of twigs and leaves and eats leaves from trees
A young insect that builds a protective case around its body
A young insect that becomes a moth and has flaps of skin along its sides
A caterpillar that eats the buds of plants or trees and often damages crops
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grain
Compounds
- Specialized
A continuous metal or rubber belt around a vehicle's wheels that helps it move over rough ground
- Specialized
A continuous metal belt that helps vehicles like tanks and bulldozers move over rough ground
- Specialized
A vehicle with long tracks instead of wheels for moving over rough ground
- Specialized
A young stage of a moth that lives in groups and eats leaves, leaving a flat web like a carpet
- Specialized
A young insect that becomes a moth and has flaps of skin along its sides
A hairy caterpillar with thick, stiff hairs that turns into a small moth
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caterpillar probably comes from old words like cat and hairy, because people thought the larva looked like a small 'hairy cat' as it crawled, so the name fits the insect today.