Meaning of CATERPILLAR
| Pronunciation: | | 'katu`pilur
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- [n] a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
- [n] (trademark) a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
- [adj] having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover"
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| | Synonyms: | | cat, caterpillar-tracked, tracked |
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| | See Also: | | army worm, armyworm, beet armyworm, bollworm, cabbageworm, cankerworm, corn borer, cutworm, fall armyworm, giant silkworm, inchworm, lappet caterpillar, larva, Lepidoptera, looper, Manduca quinquemaculata, Manduca sexta, measuring worm, order Lepidoptera, Phthorimaea operculella, Pieris rapae, potato tuberworm, potato worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, Pyrausta nubilalis, silkworm, Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera frugiperda, tent caterpillar, tobacco hornworm, tomato hornworm, tomato worm, tracked vehicle, tussock caterpillar, webworm, wild wilkworm, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Caterpillar
Offers a simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of caterpillars more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cat"er*pil`lar\, n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr.
OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte,
she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F.
pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See {Cat}, and {Pile} hair.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Scorpiurus}, with pods
resembling caterpillars.
{Caterpillar catcher}, or {Caterpillar eater} (Zo["o]l.), a
bird belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on
caterpillars. The name is also given to several other
birds.
{Caterpillar hunter} (Zo["o]l.), any species of beetles of
the genus {Callosoma} and other allied genera of the
family {Carabid[ae]} which feed habitually upon
caterpillars.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a caterpillar in your dream means a stage in your own personal growth and development where you are on your way, but have not yet reached your goal. |
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28; Ps. 78:46; Isa. 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the locust in Deut. 28:38. It may have been a species of locust, or the name of one of the transformations through which the locust passes, locust-grub. It is also found (Ps. 105:34; Jer. 51:14, 27; R.V., "cankerworm") as the rendering of a different Hebrew word, _yelek_, a word elsewhere rendered "cankerworm" (q.v.), Joel 1:4; 2:25. (See LOCUST.) |
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| | Related Terms: | | arachnid, arthropod, aurelia, beetle, bug, centipede, chilopod, chrysalis, cocoon, daddy longlegs, diplopod, fly, grub, harvestman, hexapod, insect, larva, maggot, millepede, millipede, mite, nymph, nympha, pupa, scorpion, spider, tarantula, tick, wiggler, wriggler |
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