caterpillar
The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
Example
“The bird just ate that green caterpillar.”
Other meanings
A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
A set of subtrees of a tree.
A kind of
- larva
Kinds of caterpillar
- measuring worm
- tomato worm
- potato worm
- silkworm
- woolly bear
Related words
- caterpillared
- caterpillarization
- caterpillarize
- caterpillarlike
- caterpillar catcher
- Caterpillar Club
- caterpillar eater
- caterpillar hunter
- caterpillar track
- pseudocaterpillar
- tent caterpillar
- caterpillar fungus
Word history
From Latin "catta".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “caterpillar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.