caterpillar
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If you’ve ever glimpsed a caterpillar dangling from a branch by a silk thread, they’re on their way down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
It's carrying a caterpillar – prey to feed its young.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
Chalamet’s caterpillar mustache, which he grew for his upcoming film “Marty Supreme,” made the perfect finishing touch to complete the look.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
A train cruises by their window at night like a caterpillar, the yellow windows of separate lives in other buildings illuminating its way.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024
She emptied all three bags of flies into the big cooler, then hunted around until she found two green inchworms and a fuzzy gypsy moth caterpillar.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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