caterpillar

英 [ˈkætəpɪlə(r)]

美 [ˈkætərpɪlər]

n.  毛虫，蠋(蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫)

复数：caterpillars　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10524 / COCA.13163

牛津词典

noun

• 毛虫，蠋（蝴蝶或蛾的幼虫）
  a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth (= flying insects with large, sometimes brightly coloured, wings). Caterpillars eat the leaves of plants.

柯林斯词典

• 毛虫
  Acaterpillaris a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

英英释义

noun

• a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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