Word

caterpillar, n.
(caterpillars)
freq. cnt. 1

a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
<noun.animal> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

caterpillar

semantic pointers

member holonym

Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera

hyponym

tussock caterpillar cankerworm measuring worm, inchworm, looper potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella cutworm armyworm, army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata silkworm silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm tent caterpillar lappet caterpillar webworm corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis bollworm cabbageworm, Pieris rapae woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar

hypernym