English Explanatory Dictionary

Polyphemus caterpillar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, green saturniid caterpillar with a red head; the larval form of the Polyphemus moth.

Word forms

Polyphemus caterpillar Polyphemus caterpillars

Etymology

Polyphemus + caterpillar, by analogy with the Polyphemus moth.

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