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caterpillar

/kˈætəpˌɪlɚ/ やや難 頻度 7536位

意味

  1. ケムシ,イモムシ(チョウやガなどの幼虫)
  2. 無限軌道式トラクター;(戦車などの)キャタピラー

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語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsolete piller (“plunderer”). See Modern Norman cattepeleuse. Displaced native kaleworm, from Middle English cowle worm, cale worme (“caterpillar, corn weevil”), from Old English cawelwyrm, cawelwurm (“caterpillar”).

出典: Wiktionary「caterpillar」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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