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
“A caterpillar ate a green leaf beside my shoe.”
The plural of the word caterpillar
caterpillars
How the word caterpillar is said around the world
| French | chenille (shuh-NEEY) |
| Spanish | oruga (oh-ROO-ghah) |
| Mandarin | 毛虫 (mow chuung) |
| Hindi | इल्ली (IL-lee) |
| Arabic | يرقة (YAH-rah-kah) |
| Russian | гусеница (GOO-syee-nyee-tsah) |
| Portuguese (EU) | lagarta (luh-GAH-ruh-tuh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | lagarta (lah-GAH-ruh-ta) |
| Japanese | 毛虫 (kay-MU-shee) |
| German | Raupe (ROW-puh) |
| Urdu | کیٹرپلر (KAY-tuh-ruh-puh-luhr) |
| Punjabi | ਕੈਟਰਪਿਲਰ (KE-tuh-ruh-pi-luhr) |
| Korean | 애벌레 (AE-bol-rae) |
| Hebrew | זַחַל (ZAH-khahl) |
| Greek | κάμπια (KAHB-hyah) |
| Dutch | rups (rups) |
| Tagalog | uod (OO-ohd) |
| Vietnamese | sâu bướm (suhw BEW-uh-urm) |
| Turkish | tırtıl (tur-TUL) |
| Persian | کاترپیلار (kah-tayr-PEE-lahr) |
| Polish | gąsienica (gawn-she-NYEE-tsah) |
| Ukrainian | гусениця (hoo-SE-nits-yah) |
| Bengali | শুঁয়োপোকা (SHOON-poh-kah) |
| Swedish | larv (lahrv) |
| Italian | bruco (BROO-koh) |
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