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That they can have a hairy look is a reason for calling them caterpillars.
Specifically, the word can be traced back to the Middle English catyrpel. It comes from the Late Latin catta pilosa by way of the Old French chatepelose and the Old North French caterpilose. The original meaning in French and Latin was "shaggy cat", probably in reference to such hairy-looking caterpillars as the woolly bear (Pyrrharctia Isabella).
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe caterpillar got it's name from the French and Latin languages. The Latin word pilare, means to grow hair. The French word chat means cat. So from those two words came the word chatepelose which means hairy cat. This was interpreted in the English language to caterpillar.
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∙ 11y agobecause it is fuzzy like a cat and is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth.
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∙ 14y agobecause caterpillars only have 6 legs the rest are fake, which are the ones called prolegs
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∙ 14y agothe pupa or pupae
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Is a caterpillar an insect or a animal?
A caterpillar is not a vertebrate.A caterpillar is an invertebrate, because it does not have an internal, skeletal, backbone.it is an invertebrate because it does not have a backbone.
Does all insect have wings?
no,because caterpillar does not have wings and it is an insect.
Is a catterpillar an insect?
Yes, it is an insect because it will soon developed into a butterfly which is an insect. My teacher thought us that caterpillars travel with only their first Six legs,the rest at the back are just for protection of its long body.
Are caterpillars considered insects since they have more than six legs?
Caterpillars do have 6 legs. They also have appendages which are similar to legs, called prolegs. These help aid the insect's larval form (the caterpillar) in locomotion and gripping surfaces.
What insect turns int a butterfly?
A caterpillar.
Insect that begins with c?
caterpillar, cricket,
What worm-like insect will become butterfly?
a caterpillar.
Is a catiplier a insect?
If you mean caterpillar, than yes!
In English is it correct to say a caterpillar is an insect?
yes it is.
What is the insect close to the silkworm?
Caterpillar and lava!! D:
Is a caterpillar an arachnid?
A caterpillar is not an arachnid, it is the larval stage of an insect.
Caterpillars and grasshoppers which one lives longer?
A caterpillar isn't and adult insect. A caterpillar is an intermediate shape on the way to the finished insect. So it doesn't really make sense to talk about a caterpillar lifelength. Unless stopped by something else, caterpillars eventually metamorphose - change into Another insect shape.
