CATERPILLAR


Meaning of CATERPILLAR in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

track

It crosses terrain that overturns other robots or stops them dead in their caterpillar tracks .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

As the wasp hovered near, the caterpillars suddenly started flailing from side to side.

In the Washington area, cabbages are vulnerable to two persistent pests: Aphids and cabbage moth caterpillars.

It may take as long as a week for all the caterpillars to make their chrysalises.

Just as only a caterpillar can become a butterfly, the formal stage seems a necessary developmental step to the skilful stage.

The caterpillars can be picked off, but their coloring makes them difficult to see, especially when they are small.

The old caterpillar skin peels back and falls away.

When I arrived at the page on caterpillars, again I read the bold headings.

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