caterpillar
/ˈkæt̬·əˌpɪl·ər/, /ˈkæt̬·ər-/ n [C]Definition
› a small animal with a narrow body and many legs, and which feeds on the leaves of plants and later develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insect)
(Definition of caterpillar n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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