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caterpillarlike

caterpillarlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.

Adjective

caterpillarlike (comparative more caterpillarlike, superlative most caterpillarlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.

Forms of caterpillarlike

comparativemore caterpillarlike
superlativemost caterpillarlike

Origin of caterpillarlike

From caterpillar + -like.

Questions about caterpillarlike

What does caterpillarlike mean?
Caterpillarlike means resembling or characteristic of a caterpillar.
What part of speech is caterpillarlike?
Caterpillarlike is an adjective.

Words near caterpillarlike in the dictionary

  1. caterpillarization
  2. caterpillarize
  3. caterpillarized
  4. caterpillarizes
  5. caterpillarizing
  6. caterpillarlike
  7. caterpillars
  8. caterpillarweed
  9. caterpiller
  10. caterpillers
  11. caters

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