"Caterpillar" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 máo mao chóng caterpillar
 máo chóng caterpillar
 zhú caterpillar
 cì (literary) caterpillar
 rán a caterpillar
 dōng chóng xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Cordyceps sinensis)
 lu:3 dài caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc) / (literary) shoes and belt
 huò looper caterpillar
 chǐ huò looper caterpillar, larva of moth in family Geometridae / inch worm
 Kǎ tè bǐ lè gōng sī Caterpillar Inc.
 bàn lu:3 dài half-track (vehicle with both wheels and caterpillar treads)
 lu:3 dài chē a caterpillar track vehicle
 liàn guǐ caterpillar track (propulsion system used on bulldozers etc)
 dōng chóng - xià cǎo caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) (The fungus grows within the body of a caterpillar, culminating in the emergence of a stalked fruiting body from the caterpillar's head, and is a much-prized and expensive ingredient used as a tonic in traditional Chinese medicine.)
 míng líng green rice caterpillar or similar insect larva / adopted son (Etymology: Wasps of a particular species take caterpillars to their nest as food for their offspring, but it was mistakenly believed that the wasps were raising the caterpillars as their own young.)
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