saddleback caterpillar

noun

A caterpillar - the larva of a moth native to the eastern U.S., Sibine stimulea - which usually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.

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Meanings

nounsaddleback caterpillar (plural saddleback caterpillars)

plural saddleback caterpillars

  1. A caterpillar - the larva of a moth native to the eastern U.S., Sibine stimulea - which usually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.
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