Image:Lagarta2.jpg|thumb|A caterpillar (1)
English

Etymology

From the old french chate (cat) and pilour (pillager) - possibly through the french chatepelose meaning 'hairy cat'.

Pronunciation
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Noun
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1. The larva of a butterfly or moth.

#:''The bird just ate that green caterpillar.

1. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler

Derived terms
caterpillar track

Translations
trans-top|the larva of a butterfly
trreq|Albanian
trreq|Arabic
Bulgarian: г��ени�а (g�senitsa) f
Cebuano: til-as
Chinese:
:Mandarin: zh-ts|���|��� (máomáochóng)
trreq|Croatian
Czech: housenka f
Dutch: rups f
Esperanto: raÅ­po
Estonian: tõuk
Finnish: toukka
French: chenille f
German: Raupe f
Hebrew: ��� (zakhal) m
Hungarian: t|hu|hernyó
Ido: raupo
Italian: bruco m
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Japanese: �� (kemushi), �� (imomushi)
Lojban: ciftoldi
Macedonian: га�ени�а f
Malay: beluncas
Maltese: dudu tal-ħarir m
Norwegian: larve m
trreq|Persian
Polish: g�sienica f
Romanian: omid� f, �enil� f
Russian: г��ени�а (gúsenitsa) f
Sardinian: ruga f
Scottish Gaelic: burras m
Serbian: gusenica f
Slovak: husenica f
Slovene: gosenica f
Spanish: oruga f
Swahili: kiwavi (nc 7/8)
Swedish: larv c
trreq|Turkish
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trans-top|a vehicle with a caterpillar track
Hungarian: t|hu|hernyótalpas traktor
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Japanese: ����� (kyatapira), ���� (mugenkid�)
Russian: г��ени�н�й ��ак�о� (gúseni�nyj tráctor) m
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See also
pillar

Category:Baby animals
Category:Insects

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• 2007-12-28 08:27 - Hippietrail - /* Translations */ malay

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