Caterpillar



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.毛虫, 蝴蝶的幼虫
• ［类］ tadpole : frog / caterpillar : buttefly ( 蝌蚪是青蛙幼虫 / 毛虫是蝴蝶幼虫)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English catyrpel, from Anglo-French *catepelose, literally, hairy cat
• Date: 15th century
• the elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth; also any of various similar larvae

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