caterpillar

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A caterpillar—the larva of a butterfly or moth.

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caterpiller(archaic)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcatirpel,catirpeller, probably fromOld Northern Frenchcatepeluse (Modern Frenchchatte +pileuse(“hairy cat”)), fromLate Latincatta +pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsoletepiller(“plunderer”).

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkætəˌpɪlə/
(US)IPA^(key):/ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/,/ˈkætəˌpɪlɚ/
Audio(US): (file)

Noun

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caterpillar (pluralcaterpillars)

Thelarva of abutterfly ormoth;leafworm.
The bird just ate that greencaterpillar.
A vehicle with acaterpillar track; acrawler.
(mathematics) A set ofsubtrees of atree.
(obsolete) Arapacious,extortionate personpreying upon thecommunity.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iii],page33:
  Bristow Castle, which they say is held
  ByBusbie,Bagot, and their Complices,
  TheCaterpillers of the Commonwealth,
  Which I haue sworne to weed, and plucke away.

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Translations

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larva of a butterfly

Adyghe:пкӏэшъэхъу(pkʼɛŝɛꭓʷu)
Afrikaans:ruspe (af)
Albanian:zek,vemje (sq) f
Arabic:يَرَقَة f(yaraqa),دُودَة الْفَرَاشَة f(dūdat al-farāša)
Hijazi Arabic:يَرَقَة f(yaraga)
Armenian:թրթուր (hy)(tʻrtʻur)
Assamese:পলু(polu),বিছা(bisa)
Aymara:laqatu (ay)
Azerbaijani:tırtıl (az)
Banjarese:hulat
Basque:har,beldar
Belarusian:ву́сень m(vúsjenʹ)
Bengali:শুঁয়াপোকা (bn)(śũẏapōka)
Brunei Malay:ulat bulu,giuk bulu
Bulgarian:гъсе́ница (bg) f(gǎsénica)
Burmese:ပိုးတောင့်တဲ (my)(pui:taung.tai:)
Catalan:eruga (ca) f
Cebuano:til-as
Cherokee:ᏍᎪᏯ ᎠᏁᏍᎩᎸᎥᏍᎩ(sgoya anesgilvvsgi)
Chichewa:mbozi
Chinese:
Cantonese:毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫(mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴),毛蟲 /毛虫(mou⁴ cung⁴)
Mandarin:毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫 (zh)(máomáochóng),毛蟲 /毛虫 (zh)(máochóng)
Chuukese:muun
Chuvash:лӗпӗш хурчӗ(lĕp̬ĕš hurč̬ĕ)
Classical Syriac:ܡܫܘܛܐ m(māšōṭā)
Cornish:pryv del m,kath vlewek f(hairy)
Czech:housenka (cs) f
Danish:larve c,kålorm c
Dutch:rups (nl) f
Esperanto:raŭpo (eo)
Estonian:tõuk (et),röövik
Faroese:ormvera f
Finnish:perhostoukka (fi)
French:chenille (fr) f
Friulian:ruie f
Galician:eiruga (gl) f,burgo m
Georgian:მუხლუხი(muxluxi)
German:Raupe (de) f
Greek:κάμπια (el) f(kámpia)
Ancient:κάμπη f(kámpē)
Gujarati:ઇયળ f(iyaḷ)
Haitian Creole:chini
Hebrew:זַחַל (he) m(zakhal)
Hindi:इल्ली (hi) f(illī),पोका (hi) m(pokā)
Hungarian:hernyó (hu)
Icelandic:lirfa (is)
Ido:raupo (io)
Indonesian:ulat bulu,ulat (id)
Ingrian:puutoukka
Irish:bolb m
Italian:bruco (it) m
Japanese:毛虫 (ja)(けむし, kemushi)(hairy),芋虫 (ja)(いもむし, imomushi)(hairless)
Jarai:hlăt
Javanese:uler (jv)
Kannada:ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ (kn)(kambaḷihuḷa)
Kazakh:жұлдызқұрт(jūldyzqūrt),қырықбуын(qyryqbuyn)
Khmer:ក្រា (km)(kraa),ដង្កូវ (km)(dɑngkəw)
Kikuyu:kĩgunyũ class7,kĩgunyarĩrĩ class7(hairy one)
Korean:모충(毛蟲)(mochung),애벌레 (ko)(aebeolle)
Kyrgyz:көпөлөк курту(köpölök kurtu),малак(malak)
Lak:янначчуччу(aˤnnač:uč:u)
Lao:ໂຕດ້ວງ(tō dūang),ຕົວບົ້ງ(tūa bong),ບຸ້ງ(bung),ດ້ວງ(dūang)
Latin:ērūca f,ūrīca f,campē f,(Late)dolba f
Latvian:kāpurs m
Limburgish:roeps (li) m
Lingala:mombínzó
Lithuanian:vikšras m
Low German:Ruup (nds) f
Dutch Low Saxon:Riepse f
Lutuv:ziyziypa
Luxembourgish:Raup m
Macedonian:гасеница f(gasenica)
Malagasy:fanday (mg)
Malay:beluncas
Malayalam:കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു (ml)(kampiḷippuḻu),ശലഭപ്പുഴു(śalabhappuḻu)
Maltese:xagħat m
Manchu:ᠯᡠᡴᡠ(luku)
Manx:braddag m
Maori:torongū,tōtorongū,whē,mokamoka,torongū
Marathi:अळी(aḷī)
Mi'kmaq:engejit anim
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:төөлүүр хорхой(töölüür xorxoj),жаран хөлт(žaran xölt)
Navajo:wódítłʼooí,chʼosh ditłʼooí,wóshiiyishí(if not hairy)
Norman:(Jersey)carpéleuse f,(Guernsey)catte f,(Continental Normandy)carpélouose f,(Sark)katpwölör f
Norwegian:
Bokmål:larve (no) m
Occitan:eruga (oc) f
Old English:trēowwyrm m
Ottoman Turkish:طرتیل(tırtıl)
Persian:کرم صدپا(kerm-e sadpâ)
Picard:carplute m
Plautdietsch:Krupa m
Polish:gąsienica (pl) f,licha f,liszka (pl) f
Portuguese:lagarta (pt) f
Punjabi:ਸੁੰਡ (pa) m(suṇḍ),ਸੁੰਡੀ (pa) f(suṇḍī)
Quechua:sika,kuru
Romanian:omidă (ro) f
Romansch:rasulauna f
Russian:гу́сеница (ru) f(gúsenica)
S'gaw Karen:သံ(thee)
Sardinian:ruga f
Scots:oobit
Scottish Gaelic:burras (gd) m,bratag (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:гу̏сеница f,(Ijekavian)гу̏сјеница f
Roman:gȕsenica (sh) f,(Ekavian)gȕsjenica (sh) f
Sicilian:campa (scn) f,papici m
Slovak:húsenica (sk) f
Slovene:gosenica (sl) f
Spanish:oruga (es) f,cuncuna (es) f(Chile)
Sundanese:hileud (su)
Swahili:kiwavi (sw) class7/8
Swedish:fjärilslarv c,mallarv c(of a moth specifically)
Tajik:кирмак(kirmak)
Tamil:கம்பளிப்பூச்சி (ta)(kampaḷippūcci)
Telugu:గొంగళిపురుగు (te)(goṅgaḷipurugu)
Thai:หนอน ผีเสื้อ(nɔ̌ɔn pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa),ด้วง (th)(dûuang),บุ้ง (th)(bûng)(especially hairy),ร่าน (th)(râan)
Tibetan:འབུ་སྤུ་ཟོག('bu spu zog)
Turkish:tırtıl (tr)
Turkmen:gurçuk
Udi:тыртыр(tərtər)
Ukrainian:гу́сениця f(húsenycja),гу́сінь f(húsinʹ)
Urdu:سنڈی f(sunḍī),پوکا m(pokā)
Uyghur:تۈكلۈك قۇرت(tüklük qurt)
Uzbek:qurt (uz),kapalak qurti
Vietnamese:sâu (vi),sâu róm (vi),sâu bướm
Vilamovian:raojp f
Volapük:jönul (vo),(diminutive)jönulil
Walloon:halene (wa) f
Welsh:lindysyn m,Siani flewog f(hairy)
Yiddish:שלייערל f(shleyerl),^(please verify)רויפּע f(roype)
Yoruba:wùkúwùkú
Zazaki:kermık

vehicle with a caterpillar track

Bulgarian:вери́жен автомоби́л m(verížen avtomobíl)
Catalan:eruga (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin:履帶式車輛 /履带式车辆(lǚdàishì chēliàng)
Esperanto:ĉenbendo,raŭpo (eo)
Finnish:telaketjutraktori,(informally)katepillari
German:Raupe (de) f,Raupenfahrzeug (de) n
Greek:ερπυστριοφόρος ελκυστήρας m(erpystriofóros elkystíras)
Hungarian:hernyótalpas traktor,lánctalpas jármű
Japanese:キャタピラ(kyatapira),無限軌道 (ja)(むげんきどう, mugen kidō)
Macedonian:гасеничар m(gaseničar)
Polish:pojazd gąsienicowy m
Portuguese:veículo com lagartas m
Romanian:șenilă (ro) f
Russian:гу́сеничный тра́ктор m(gúseničnyj tráktor)
Spanish:oruga (es) f,tractor de oruga m
Swahili:katapila
Swedish:caterpillar (sv) c
Turkish:paletli (tr)
Yoruba:katakata

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Swahili:^{(pleaseverify)}kiwavi (sw) (nc 7/8)

Verb

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caterpillar (third-person singular simple presentcaterpillars,present participlecaterpillaring,simple past and past participlecaterpillared)

(intransitive) Tomove alongslowly, drawing one's body up, in the manner of a caterpillar.

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Noun

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caterpillar c

A vehicle with caterpillar track
Synonym:bandfordon

Declension

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Declension ofcaterpillar
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	caterpillar	caterpillars
singular	definite	caterpillarn	caterpillarns
plural	indefinite	caterpillrar	caterpillrars
plural	definite	caterpillrarna	caterpillrarnas