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caterpillar

[kat-uh-pil-er, kat-er-] / ˈkæt əˌpɪl ər, ˈkæt ər- /


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Another farm recorded 139 caterpillar nests compared to just 24 last year.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

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

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

They drove under the Arch and turned east, twenty bulky, quiet-running, barge-like trucks on caterpillar treads, going single file down the deep streets of Erhenrang through the shadows of morning.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin