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1. i. tırtıl, kurt. tirtil; paletli traktör. iş makinesi,tırtıl. iş makinesi. i. tırtıl, kurt. tirtil. tırtıl, kurt, traktör.
2. kurt, tırtıl; çelik zincirle işleyen traktör; bu traktörlerin bir markası, tırtıl.
3. tırtıl.
4. katerpilar. tırtıl. tırtıllı araç. palet.
5. iş makinesi, tırtıl.

Etymology : Middle English catyrpel, from Old North French catepelose, literally, hairy cat
Pronunciation : 'ka-t&(r)-"pi-l&r
Function : noun
Date : 15th century

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1. American company that manufactures agricultural and heavy industrial machinery. wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth. caterpillar\cat"er*pil`lar\ , n. [oe. catyrpel, corrupted fr. of. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, f. chatte, she-cat, fem. of chat, l. catus + l. pilosus hairy, or f. pelu hairy, fr. l. pilus hair. see: cat, and pile hair.].
2. (zo?l.) the larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. the true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. some are hairy, others naked. they usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
3. (bot.) a plant of the genus scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars.caterpillar catcher, orcaterpillar eater (zo?l.), a bird belonging to the family of shrikes, which feeds on caterpillars. the name is also given to several other birds.caterpillar hunter (zo?l.), any species of beetles of the genus callosoma and other allied genera of the family carabid? which feed habitually upon caterpillars.caterpillar having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; "a caterpillar-tracked earthmover" [syn: caterpillar-tracked] n.
4. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.
5. (trademark) a tractor that is driven by caterpillar tracks [syn: caterpillar, cat]caterpillar the consumer. used in the old testament (1 kings 8:37; 2 chr. 6:28; ps. 78:46; isa. 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the locust in deut. 28.
6. it may have been a species of locust, or the name of one of the transformations through which the locust passes, locust-grub. it is also found (ps. 105:34; jer. 51:14, 27; r.v., "cankerworm") as the rendering of a different hebrew word, _yelek_, a word elsewhere rendered "cankerworm" (q.v.), joel 1:4; 2.
7. (see: locust.).
8. The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars.
9. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs armed with hooks.
10. Some are hairy, others naked.
11. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
12. A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth a large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work.
13. A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth. Larva of a butterfly or moth. Caterpillars have a cylindrical body consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs of legs on the thorax and "prolegs" on the abdomen. The head has six eyes on each side, short antennae, and strong jaws. Though not true worms, many caterpillars are called worms (e.g., the inchworm, or looper, and the cutworm). Caterpillar-like larvae are also found in other insect groups (e.g., sawflies and scorpionflies).