caterpillar
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(noun) a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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Related Words: Manduca quinquemaculata, Manduca sexta, Phthorimaea operculella, Pieris rapae, Pseudaletia unipuncta, Pyrausta nubilalis, Spodoptera exigua, Spodoptera frugiperda, army worm, armyworm, beet armyworm, bollworm, cabbageworm, cankerworm, corn borer, cutworm, fall armyworm, giant silkworm, inchworm, lappet caterpillar, larva, looper, measuring worm, potato tuberworm, potato worm, silkworm, tent caterpillar, tobacco hornworm, tomato hornworm, tomato worm, tussock caterpillar, webworm, wild wilkworm, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar |
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(satellite adjective) having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover" |
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Synonyms: caterpillar-tracked |
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(noun) (trademark) a tractor that is driven by caterpillar tracks |
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Synonyms: cat |
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Related Words: tractor |
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