Definitions for Caterpillar

Caterpillar cat·er·pil·lar

Spelling: [kat-uh-pil-er, kat-er-]
IPA: /ˈkæt əˌpɪl ər, ˈkæt ər-/

Caterpillar is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 697 anagrams from letters in Caterpillar (aaceillprrt).

Definitions for Caterpillar

noun

  1. the wormlike larva of a butterfly or a moth.
  2. a person who preys on others; extortioner.

Origin of Caterpillar

1400-50; late Middle English catyrpel, probably alteration of an Old North French variant of Old French chatepelose, equivalent to chate cat + pelose hairy (≪ Latin pi

Examples for Caterpillar

The caterpillar, for example, resembles the worm which is the ancestor of the insects.

Her father worked for caterpillar and was a member of the United Auto Workers.

The caterpillar, you mean, boy—eating out its heart and its vitals.

“I always try to communicate to our people that we can never make enough money,” as caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman put it.

Cossus, because it smells like the caterpillar, Cossus ligniperda.

caterpillar notched record profits in 2012 and then in early 2013 bludgeoned its unions into accepting a six-year wage freeze.

Nearby, a yellow caterpillar excavator sits idle next to an opening that once led into a cross-border tunnel.

May I recommend the one featuring a picture of the dome from The Dome of the Rock being demolished by a caterpillar bulldozer?

The Tobacco-worm is a caterpillar of the size and figure of a silk-worm.

The caterpillar and the chrysalis belong to the embryonic period.

Word Value for Caterpillar
Scrable

15

Words with friends

19

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