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Caterpillar Eg Crossword Clue

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noun

• the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

19%6Caterpillar's quarters
noun

• silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

verb

• retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment

• wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection

19%4 Kind of caterpillar
noun

• a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs)

• a web that resembles a tent or carpet

verb

• live in or as if in a tent

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New York Times22 Nov 2023 Across 1
New York Times18 Jun 2002 Down 11
New York Times20 Nov 1990 Down 31
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