caterpillar
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1. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | larva, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cankerworm, |
| definition | : | green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | inchworm, looper, measuring worm, |
| definition | : | small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cutworm, |
| definition | : | North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | silkworm, |
| definition | : | the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tent caterpillar, |
| definition | : | the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | webworm, |
| definition | : | several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bollworm, |
| definition | : | any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar, |
| definition | : | caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests (noun.animal) |
2. a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | tracked vehicle, |
| definition | : | a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks (noun.artifact) |
| domain usage | : | trademark, |
| definition | : | a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product (noun.communication) |
| domain usage | : | trademark, |
| definition | : | a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product (noun.communication) |
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