Caterpillar - Law Dictionary Search Results
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The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect sometimes but less commonly the larval state of other insects as the sawflies which are also called false caterpillars The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs prolegs armed with hooks Some are hairy others naked They usually feed on leaves fruit and succulent vegetables being often very destructive Many of them are popularly called worms as the cutworm cankerworm army worm cotton worm silkworm...
caterpillar tracked
having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels as a caterpillar tracked earthmover...
Gypsy moth
A tussock moth Lymantria dispar or Porthetria dispar or Ocneria dispar native of the Old World but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869 where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit shade and forest trees of many kinds The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown the female white and larger than the male In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule The caterpillars when full grown have a grayish mottled appearance with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August The eggs are laid on tree trunks rocks etc and hatch in the spring...
Caterpillar track
an endless belt looped over several wheels used in pairs in place of wheels to propel vehicles such as tractors or military tanks over rough ground...
Cutworm
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage corn etc usually at the ground Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds During the day they conceal themselves in the earth The common cutworms are the larvaelig of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths...
Eruca
An insect in the larval state a caterpillar a larva...
Erucifrom
Having the form of a caterpillar said of insect larvaelig...
half track
having caterpillar treads on the rear and wheels in front as half track armored vehicles...
Hawk moth
Any moth of the family Sphingidaelig of which there are numerous genera and species They are large handsome moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed They fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird sucking the honey by means of a long slender proboscis The larvaelig are large hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors and often with a caudal spine See Sphinx also Tobacco worm and Tomato worm...
Isabella moth
A common American moth Pyrrharctia isabella of an isabella color The larva called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar is densely covered with hairs which are black at each end of the body and red in the middle part...
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