Caterpillar

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 95

kat'er-pil-ler, n. The larve of a butterfly or lepidopterous insect. [OF. chattepaleuse, a hairy cat, fr. chate, she-cat, and pelouse, peloso. L. pilosus, hairy, L. pilus, a hair.] Caterwaul, Cat harpin, etc. See under Cat.