"looper caterpillar" meaning in All languages combined

See looper caterpillar on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: looper caterpillars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} looper caterpillar (plural looper caterpillars)
  1. The 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. Categories (lifeform): Geometrid moths, Noctuoid moths Translations (larva of some species of moths): tāwhana (Maori), tāwhanawhana (Maori)

Inflected forms

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