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lagarta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • caterpillar noun The wormlike larval stage of a butterfly or moth.

Senses

lagarta is used for these senses in English:

  • caterpillar The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
  • caterpillar A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
  • caterpillar track A generic trademark name for a continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted around the wheels of crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks and similar off-road vehicles in such a manner as to spread the load on the ground surface and thereby improve traction and reduce sinking into soft surfaces.

caterpillar — full definition

  1. noun The wormlike larval stage of a butterfly or moth.
  2. noun A vehicle fitted with continuous tracks instead of wheels, used for rough terrain.

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