caterpillar
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
Types & categories
- larva hypernym
- tussock caterpillar hyponym
- cankerworm hyponym
- measuring worm hyponym
- Phthorimaea operculella hyponym
- cutworm hyponym
- armyworm hyponym
- Spodoptera exigua hyponym
- Spodoptera frugiperda hyponym
- Manduca sexta hyponym
- Manduca quinquemaculata hyponym
- silkworm hyponym
- giant silkworm hyponym
- tent caterpillar hyponym
- lappet caterpillar hyponym
- webworm hyponym
- corn borer hyponym
- bollworm hyponym
- Pieris rapae hyponym
- woolly bear hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Lepidoptera member holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Lepidoptera |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | larva |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tussock caterpillar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cankerworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | measuring worm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Phthorimaea operculella |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cutworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | armyworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Spodoptera exigua |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Spodoptera frugiperda |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Manduca sexta |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Manduca quinquemaculata |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silkworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | giant silkworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tent caterpillar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lappet caterpillar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | webworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corn borer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bollworm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Pieris rapae |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | woolly bear |