Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 5 compound words that contain caterpillar. The most common are listed below. Open caterpillar in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- caterpillar trackA generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the …
- caterpillar fungusCertain fungi which parasitize various caterpillars
- caterpillar hunterAny of the genus Calosoma of large ground beetles found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Caterpillar ClubAn informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.
- caterpillar rollA form of uramaki sushi topped with thinly sliced avocado.
- forest caterpillar hunterA species of ground beetle (Calosoma sycophanta) belonging to the taxonomic genus Calosoma.
- caterpillar huntersplural of caterpillar hunter: Any of the genus Calosoma of large ground beetles found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere.
- caterpillar tracksplural of caterpillar track: A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such …
- caterpillar treeA tree consisting of only a path (the spine or stalk of the tree) and vertices directly connected to (i.e. one edge away from) that path; a tree whose vertices with a degree of at least 3 are all surrounded by at most two vertices of …
- Christmas caterpillarThe caterpillar Nudaurelia cytherea.
- lobster caterpillarThe caterpillar of the lobster moth.
- monarch caterpillarThe larva of the monarch butterfly.
- tent caterpillarA larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.
- vegetable caterpillarSynonym of caterpillar fungus (“Ophiocordyceps sinensis”).
- zebra caterpillarThe striped larva of the American noctuid moth Melanchra picta.
- slug caterpillarThe caterpillar of the slug moth.
- alfalfa caterpillarThe larva of the alfalfa butterfly.
- puss caterpillarThe larva of the puss moth Megalopyge opercularis.
- eastern tent caterpillarMalacosoma americanum, a univoltine social caterpillar inhabiting communal nests in the branches of trees.
- salt-marsh caterpillarThe hairy larva of an arctiid moth.
- looper caterpillarThe larva of any species of geometer moths (and of some species of noctuid moths) that moves with a looping gait, such as the cabbage looper.
- saddleback caterpillarA caterpillar - the larva of a moth native to the eastern U.S., Sibine stimulea - which usually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.
- woolly bear caterpillarSynonym of woolly bear: A hairy caterpillar.
- red-humped caterpillarThe moth Oedemasia concinna.
- processionary caterpillarThe larval stage of some moths in the family Thaumetopoeidae, which move in columns in search of food, resembling a procession.
Compound words 5
- caterpillarizationThe process or the result of caterpillarizing a tree.
- caterpillarizeTo visualize (a tree) as a group of subtrees.
- caterpillarlikeResembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
- pseudocaterpillarA disjoint caterpillar
- caterpillarweedThe plant Phacelia crenulata.