caterpillar (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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Hypernym larva
Member holonym Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera
Hyponym tussock caterpillar; cankerworm; measuring worm, inchworm, looper; potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella; cutworm; armyworm, army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta; beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua; fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda; tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta; tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata; silkworm; silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm; tent caterpillar; lappet caterpillar; webworm; corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis; bollworm; cabbageworm, Pieris rapae; woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar
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Member meronym Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera
Hypernym tussock caterpillar; cankerworm; measuring worm, inchworm, looper; potato tuberworm, Phthorimaea operculella; cutworm; armyworm, army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta; beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua; fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda; tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta; tomato hornworm, potato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata; silkworm; silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm; tent caterpillar; lappet caterpillar; webworm; corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis; bollworm; cabbageworm, Pieris rapae; woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar
Hyponym larva

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