caterpillar

English

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A caterpillar—the larva of a butterfly or moth.

Alternative forms

• caterpiller (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse ‎(“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkætəpɪlə(ɹ)/

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Noun

caterpillar ‎(plural caterpillars)

1. The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.

   The bird just ate that green caterpillar.

2. A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.

Synonyms

• (moth or butterfly larva): leafworm

Derived terms

Derived terms

caterpillar catcher caterpillar eater caterpillar hunter

caterpillar track tent caterpillar

Translations

larva of a butterfly

• Adyghe: пкӏэшъэхъу ‎(pč̣̍ăŝăχ°)
• Albanian: vemje (sq) f
• Arabic: دُودَة اَلْفَرَاشَة f ‎(dūdat al-farāša)
• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܡܫܘܛܐ m ‎(māšōṭā)

• Armenian: թրթուր (hy) ‎(tʿrtʿur)
• Aymara: laqatu
• Azeri: tırtıl (az)
• Banjarese: hulat
• Basque: har, beldar
• Belarusian: ву́сень m ‎(vúsjenʹ)
• Bengali: শুঁয়াপোকা ‎(śum̐ẏāpōkā)
• Bulgarian: гъсе́ница (bg) f ‎(gǎsénica)
• Burmese: ပိုးတောင့်တဲ (my) ‎(pui:taung.tai:)
• Catalan: eruga f
• Cebuano: til-as
• Cherokee: ᏍᎪᏯ ᎠᏁᏍᎩᎸᎥᏍᎩ ‎(sgoya anesgilvvsgi)
• Chichewa: mbozi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 毛毛蟲, 毛毛虫 ‎(mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴), 毛蟲, 毛虫 ‎(mou⁴ cung⁴)

  Mandarin: 毛毛蟲 (zh), 毛毛虫 (zh) ‎(máomáochóng), 毛蟲 (zh), 毛虫 (zh) ‎(máochóng)

• Chuukese: muun
• Chuvash: лӗпӗш хурчӗ ‎(lĕpĕš hurčĕ)
• Czech: housenka (cs) f
• Danish: larve c, kålorm c
• Dutch: rups (nl) f
• Esperanto: raŭpo
• Estonian: tõuk, röövik
• Faroese: ormvera f
• Finnish: perhostoukka (fi)
• French: chenille (fr) f
• Galician: eiruga (gl) f
• Georgian: მუხლუხი ‎(muxluxi)
• German: Raupe (de) f
• Greek: κάμπια (el) f ‎(kámpia)

  Ancient Greek κάμπη f ‎(kámpē)

• Gujarati: ઇયળ ‎(iyaḷ)
• Haitian Creole: chini
• Hebrew: זַחַל m ‎(zakhal)
• Hindi: इल्ली (hi) f ‎(illī)
• Hungarian: hernyó (hu)
• Icelandic: lirfa (is)
• Ido: raupo (io)
• Indonesian: ulat bulu, ulat (id)
• Irish: bolb m
• Italian: bruco (it) m
• Japanese: 毛虫 ‎(けむし, kemushi), 芋虫 ‎(いもむし, imomushi)
• Javanese: uler (jv)
• Norman:(Jersey) carpéleuse f, (Guernsey) catte f, (Continental Normandy) carpélouose f, (Sark) katpwölör f
• Kannada: ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ (kn) ‎(kaṃbaḷihuḷa)
• Kazakh: жұлдызқұрт ‎(juldızqurt), қырықбуын ‎(qırıqbwın)
• Khmer: ក្រា (km) ‎(kraa), ដង្កូវ (km) ‎(dɑŋkəv)
• Korean: 모충 ‎(mochung), 애벌레 (ko) ‎(aebeolle)
• Kyrgyz: көпөлөк курту ‎(köpölök kurtu)

• Lak: янначчуччу ‎(jannač̄uč̄u)
• Lao: ໂຕດ້ວງ ‎(tō dūang), ຕົວບົ້ງ ‎(tūa bong), ບຸ້ງ ‎(bung), ດ້ວງ ‎(dūang)
• Latin: campē f, dolba f, ērūca f
• Latvian: kāpurs m
• Limburgish: roeps (li) m
• Lingala: mombínzó
• Lithuanian: vikšras m
• Lojban: ciftoldi
• Low German: Ruup (nds) f

  Dutch Low Saxon: Riepse f

• Luxembourgish: Raup m
• Macedonian: гасеница f ‎(gasenica)
• Malagasy: fanday (mg)
• Malay: beluncas
• Malayalam: കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു (ml) ‎(kampiḷippuḻu)
• Maltese: dudu tal-ħarir m
• Manchu: ᠯᡠᡴᡠ ‎(luku)
• Maori: torongū, tōtorongū, whē, mokamoka
• Marathi: अळी ‎(aḷī)
• Mongolian: жаран хөлт ‎(žaran hölt)
• Navajo: wódítłʼooí, chʼosh ditłʼooí, wóshiiyishí (if not hairy)
• Norwegian: larve (no) m
• Occitan: eruga (oc) f
• Persian: كرم‌ صدپا ‎(kerm-e sadpâ)
• Picard: carplute m
• Polish: gąsienica (pl) f
• Portuguese: lagarta (pt) f
• Quechua: sika
• Romanian: omidă (ro) f
• Russian: гу́сеница (ru) f ‎(gúsenica)
• Sardinian: ruga f
• Scots: oobit
• Scottish Gaelic: burras m, bratag f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гусеница f, (Ijekavian) гу̏сјеница f

  Roman: gusenica (sh) f, (Ekavian) gȕsjenica (sh) f

• Sicilian: campa (scn) f
• Slovak: husenica f
• Slovene: gosenica (sl) f
• Spanish: oruga (es) f, cuncuna (es) f
• Sundanese: hileud
• Swahili: kiwavi (sw) class 7/8
• Swedish: fjärilslarv c (larva of a butterfly), mallarv c (larva of a moth)
• Tajik: кирмак ‎(kirmak)
• Tamil: கம்பளிப்பூச்சி (ta) ‎(kampaḷippūcci)
• Telugu: గొంగళిపురుగు (te) ‎(goṃgaḷipurugu)
• Thai: หนอนผีเสื้อ ‎(nǒn pǐi sʉ̂ʉa)
• Turkish: tırtıl (tr)
• Turkmen: gurçuk
• Ukrainian: гу́сениця f ‎(húsenycja)
• Urdu: سنڈی f ‎(sunḍī)
• Uzbek: qurt (uz), kapalak qurti
• Vietnamese: sâu (vi), sâu róm (vi), sâu bướm
• Vilamovian: raojp f
• Volapük: jönul (vo), (diminutive) jönulil
• Walloon: halene (wa) f
• Welsh: lindys m, lindysen f
• Yiddish: רויפּע f ‎(roype), שלײערל f ‎(shleyerl)

vehicle with a caterpillar track

• Catalan: eruga f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 履帶式車輛, 履带式车辆 ‎(lǚdàishì chēliàng)

• Finnish: telaketjutraktori, (informally) katepillari
• German: Raupe (de) f, Raupenfahrzeug (de) n
• Greek: ερπυστριοφόρος ελκυστήρας m ‎(erpystriofóros elkystíras)
• Hungarian: hernyótalpas traktor

• Japanese: キャタピラ ‎(kyatapira), 無限軌道 ‎(むげんきどう, mugen kidō)
• Macedonian: гасеничар m ‎(gaseničar)
• Polish: pojazd gąsienicowy m
• Portuguese: veículo com lagartas m
• Romanian: șenilă (ro) f
• Russian: гу́сеничный тра́ктор m ‎(gúseničnyj tráktor)
• Spanish: oruga (es) f, tractor de oruga m

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Translations to be checked

• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kiwavi (sw) (nc 7/8)

See also

• pillar