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Noun (2 meanings)
1. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.
caterpillar is a type of:
- larva (noun) - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
types of caterpillar:
- armyworm, army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (noun) - noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
- beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (noun) - moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
- bollworm (noun) - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
- cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (noun) - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
- cankerworm (noun) - green caterpillar of a geometrid moth
- corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis (noun) - larva of the European corn borer moth
- cutworm (noun) - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (noun) - larva of a migratory American noctuid moth
- lappet caterpillar (noun) - larva of a lappet moth
- measuring worm, inchworm, looper (noun) - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments
- potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella (noun) - larva of potato moth
- silkworm (noun) - the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
- silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm (noun) - larva of a saturniid moth
- tent caterpillar (noun) - the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
- tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta (noun) - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants
- tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata (noun) - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants
- tussock caterpillar (noun) - larva of a tussock moth
- webworm (noun) - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
- woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar (noun) - caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs
caterpillar is a member of:
- Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera (noun) - moths and butterflies
2. a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work.
caterpillar is a type of:
- tracked vehicle (noun) - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks