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caterpillar roll

caterpillar roll noun: a form of uramaki sushi topped with thinly sliced avocado.

Noun

caterpillar roll (plural caterpillar rolls)

  1. A form of uramaki sushi topped with thinly sliced avocado.
    • I like caterpillar rolls, but maybe it’s not so bad that I can’t find them in a Tokyo sushiya.2009 May 24, Eduardo Porter, “An All-American Sauce”, in New York Times

Forms of caterpillar roll

pluralcaterpillar rolls

Origin of caterpillar roll

From its resemblance to a green caterpillar.

Questions about caterpillar roll

What does caterpillar roll mean?
Caterpillar roll means a form of uramaki sushi topped with thinly sliced avocado.
What part of speech is caterpillar roll?
Caterpillar roll is a noun.
What is the plural of caterpillar roll?
The plural of caterpillar roll is caterpillar rolls.

Words near caterpillar roll in the dictionary

  1. caterpillar eaters
  2. caterpillar fungus
  3. caterpillar funguses
  4. caterpillar hunter
  5. caterpillar hunters
  6. caterpillar roll
  7. caterpillar rolls
  8. caterpillar searcher
  9. caterpillar searchers
  10. caterpillar skiing
  11. caterpillar track

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