caterpillar

IPA: kˈætʌpɪɫɝ

noun

  • The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
  • A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
  • (mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree.
  • A rapacious person preying upon the community. (Webster's 2nd Int.)
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Examples of "caterpillar" in Sentences

  • Moves in caterpillar fashion leaving straight deep track in the sand.
  • The slap and the caterpillar were the worst aside from waterboarding.
  • But if they come across a social parasite, they act as if the caterpillar is a lost larva from own colony.
  • The love of a bird for a caterpillar is a tenuous and passing attachment next to the bond between man and power.
  • The second time I was onstage, I misspelled the word caterpillar and soaked a perfectly good purple skirt with my own urine.
  • Alice’s meeting with the caterpillar is represented entirely by an extended bass clarinet solo with the unsung lyrics projected onto the stage.
  • On one of the few remaining green leaves a caterpillar is feeding, not with the voracious fervour of the newly hatched but with slow deliberation, as if forcing down a few final mouthfuls.
  • Plants have some pretty impressive defenses, including the ability to swiftly produce volatile chemicals to attract "large predatory insects like dragon flies, which delight in caterpillar meat."

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