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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna go
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

larva go
the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

noun.animal

19 Subcategories

tussock caterpillar go
larva of a tussock moth
cankerworm go
green caterpillar of a geometrid moth
measuring worm, inchworm, looper go
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments
Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm go
larva of potato moth
cutworm go
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, army worm go
noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
Spodoptera exigua, beet armyworm go
moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
Spodoptera frugiperda, fall armyworm go
larva of a migratory American noctuid moth
Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm go
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants
Manduca quinquemaculata, tomato hornworm, potato worm go
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants
silkworm go
the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber
silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm go
larva of a saturniid moth
tent caterpillar go
the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
lappet caterpillar go
larva of a lappet moth
webworm go
several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis go
larva of the European corn borer moth
bollworm go
any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
Pieris rapae, cabbageworm go
toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar go
caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs