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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