vegetable caterpillar
noun
Any of several kinds of caterpillar (especially those of the porina moth of New Zealand and moths of the Asian genus Thitarodes) when invaded and deformed by a fungus of the ascomycete genus Cordyceps while pupating underground.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Sydney Morning Herald.
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- rhinoceros chameleon
- rhinoceros cup
- rhinoceros hide
- rhinoceros horn
- rhinoceros hornbill
- rhinoceros-like
- Rhinoceros Party
- rhinoceros skin
- rhinoceros viper
- rhinocerot
- rhinocerote
- rhinocerotic
- rhinocerotid
- rhinocerotine
- rhinocerotoid
- rhinodon
- rhino horn
- rhinolaryngitis
- rhinolaryngologic
- rhinolaryngological
- rhinolaryngologist
- rhinolaryngology
- rhino-like
- rhinolith