caterpillar
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The meaning (definition) of the word caterpillar
a fuzzy little crawler that turns into a butterfly
The word caterpillar used in a sentence
“The fuzzy caterpillar wiggles on the leaf and turns into a butterfly.”
The plural of the word caterpillar
caterpillars
How the word caterpillar is said around the world
| French | chenille (shuhneey) |
| Spanish | oruga (ohrooghah) |
| Mandarin | 毛虫 (máo chóng) |
| Hindi | कमला (kumlah) |
| Arabic | يرقة (yahrahkah) |
| Russian | гусеница (gusenitsa) |
| Portuguese (EU) | lagarta (luhgahruhtuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | lagarta (lahgahruhta) |
| Japanese | 毛虫 (kemushi) |
| German | Raupe (rowpuh) |
| Urdu | کیٹرپلر (kaytuhruhpuhluhr) |
| Punjabi | ਕੈਟਰਪਿਲਰ (ketuhruhpiluhr) |
| Korean | 무한 궤도 (muhan gwedo) |
| Hebrew | זַחַל (zahkhahl) |
| Greek | κάμπια (kampia) |
| Dutch | rups (rups) |
| Tagalog | uod (ooohd) |
| Vietnamese | sâu bướm (suhw bewuhurm) |
| Turkish | tırtıl (turtul) |
| Persian | کاترپیلار (kahtayrpeelahr) |
| Polish | gąsienica (gawnshenyeetsah) |
| Ukrainian | гусениця (husenytsya) |
| Bengali | শুঁয়োপোকা (shoonpohkah) |
| Swedish | larv (lahrv) |
| Italian | bruco (brookoh) |
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