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Hindi Word इल्ली Meaning in English - Caterpillar - इल्ली अंग्रेज़ी में अर्थ

इल्ली Meaning in English is Caterpillar, which is also written as 'Illī' in Roman. Other Illī Meanings in English include Butterfly, Canker, Larva, Moth, Tractor and Woolly Bear etc.

Definitions of Caterpillar

n. The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

n. A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars.

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How To Spell Caterpillar [kat-uh-pil-er, kat-er-]

Origin of Caterpillar Late Middle English: perhaps from a variant of Old French chatepelose, literally ‘hairy cat’, influenced by obsolete piller ‘ravager’. The association with ‘cat’ is found in other languages, e.g. Swiss German Teufelskatz (literally ‘devil

Synonyms For Caterpillar , Similar to Caterpillar