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| budworm |
a type of caterpillar that eats the buds of plants. |
| cat2 |
(informal) a vehicle with moving treads, esp. a Caterpillar tractor. |
| cutworm |
a caterpillar that feeds by night on a wide variety of plants, characteristically cutting through the plant stems at ground level. |
| gypsy moth |
a moth having as its larva a hairy caterpillar that is extremely destructive to foliage. |
| hornworm |
the caterpillar of any of several hawk moths, which has a thornlike projection on the rear segment. |
| measuringworm |
a caterpillar that moves by bringing the rear end of its body forward and then advancing the front; inchworm. |
| metamorphosis |
the developmental changes in living organisms, such as the successive stages from caterpillar to butterfly or from tadpole to frog. [1/3 definitions] |
| tomato hornworm |
a large green caterpillar that feeds on plants of the nightshade family, esp. tomato and potato plants, and develops into the hawk moth. |
| woolly bear |
the fuzzy caterpillar of any of various tiger moths. |
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