Caterpillar

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 19

kat′ėr-pil-ar, n. a grub that lives upon the leaves of plants. [Prob. O. Fr. chatepeleuse , 'hairy cat;' chate , a she-cat—L. cat us , peleuse , hairy—L. pilosus , pilum .]