Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Caterpillar
caterpillar, n. [possibly OFr chatepelos, hairy or downy cat < ONFr. catepelo < piller, pillager, destroyer.] (webplay: emerges, feet).
Larva; fuzzy worm; middle stage for a butterfly in its metamorphosis.
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