caterpillar

1. A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (synset 102311989)
   is a type of: larva - 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
   subtypes:

   • tussock caterpillar - larva of a tussock moth
   • cankerworm - green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
   • inchworm, looper, measuring worm - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
   • phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm - larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
   • cutworm - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
   • army worm, armyworm, pseudaletia unipuncta - noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
   • beet armyworm, spodoptera exigua - moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
   • fall armyworm, spodoptera frugiperda - larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
   • manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
   • manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
   • silkworm - 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
   • giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
   • tent caterpillar - the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
   • lappet caterpillar - larva of a lappet moth
   • webworm - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
   • corn borer, pyrausta nubilalis - larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
   • bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
   • cabbageworm, pieris rapae - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
   • woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar - caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
   belongs to: lepidoptera, order lepidoptera - moths and butterflies
2. A large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts;
   Frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work (synset 102986962)
   is a type of: tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on tracks
   same as: cat

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