Definitions
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues
01“Before pupa”11 letters
02“Butterfly larva”11 letters
03“Leaf-eating larva”11 letters
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