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Meaning of Caterpillar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈkætəˌpɪlə

Definitions

The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
A set of subtrees of a tree.
A rapacious, extortionate person preying upon the community.
obsolete

Equivalents

Afrikaans ruspe

العربية دودة دُودَة اَلْفَرَاشَة دودة فراشة كاتيربيلر يرقة يسروع

Azərbaycanca tırtıl

Беларуская вусень

Български гъсеница

བོད་སྐད འབུ་སྤུ་ཟོག

Bosanski gusenica gusjenica гусеница гусјеница

Català eruga

Čeština housenčí housenice housenka

Cymraeg lindysyn siani flewog

Dansk larve

Deutsch Raupe Raupenfahrzeug

Ελληνικά κάμπη κάμπια

Esperanto raŭpo

Español convólvulo cuncuna oruga revoltón tena tractor de oruga

Eesti tõuk

Euskara beldar har

Suomi perhosentoukka perhostoukka telaketjutraktori toukka

Français caterpillar chenille

Gàidhlig bratag burras

Galego burgo eiruga

ગુજરાતી ઇયળ

עברית זחל

हिन्दी इल्ली पोका

Hrvatski gusenica gusjenica гусеница гусјеница

Magyar hernyó

Հայերեն թրթուր

Bahasa Indonesia ulat uler

Íslenska lirfa

Italiano bruco caterpillar

日本語キャタピラ毛虫無限軌道皮虫芋虫

ქართული მუხლუხი

Қазақша жұлдызқұрт

ខ្មែរ ដង្កូវ

ಕನ್ನಡ ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ

한국어 모충 쐐기 애벌레

Kurdî har qurt tena

Кыргызча малак

Latina campe dolba ērūca

Lëtzebuergesch Raup

ລາວ ດ້ວງ

Lietuvių vikšras

Latviešu kāpurs

Malagasy fanday

Te Reo Māori whē

Македонски гасеница гасеничар

മലയാളം കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു ശലഭപ്പുഴു

Bahasa Melayu beluncas

Malti xagħat

Nederlands rups

Polski gąsienica licha liszka

Português lagarta veículo com lagartas

Română omidă șenilă

Русский гусеница гу́сеничный тра́ктор

Slovenčina húsenica

Slovenščina gosenica

Shqip vemje

Српски gusenica gusjenica гусеница гусјеница

Svenska caterpillar fjärilslarv

Kiswahili katapila kiwavi

தமிழ் கம்பளிப்பூச்சி

ไทย ด้วง ตัวอ่อน บุ้ง ร้าน

Türkmençe gurçuk

Türkçe paletli tırtıl

Українська гусениця

اردو پوکا

Oʻzbekcha qurt

Tiếng Việt sâu sâu róm 蝼螻

Yorùbá katakata wukuwuku

Examples

“The bird just ate that green caterpillar.”

“A caterpillar is letting itself down on a thread, twirling slowly like a rope artist, spiralling towards his chest. It’s a luscious, unreal green, like a gumdrop, and covered with tiny bright hairs.”

“Bristow Castle, which they say is held By Busbie, Bagot, and their Complices, The Caterpillers of the Commonwealth, Which I haue sworne to weed, and plucke away.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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