Caterpillar For A Butterfly Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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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
	45%	6		Butterfly caterpillar
	noun • a Chadic language spoken in Chad, in the Tandjile Region, Tandjile Est department, Lai subprefecture, northeast of Lai, Domogou
	41%	11		Butterfly grub
	noun • a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth • a large tracked vehicle that is propelled by two endless metal belts; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work

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