eruciform

[ ih-roo-suh-fawrm ]

adjective

1. having the physical characteristics of a caterpillar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eruciform¹

1870–75; < Latin ērūc ( a ) caterpillar + -i- + -form

Example Sentences

Pre-eruciform: before the caterpillar stage: specifically applied to the early larvae of some Proctytrypidae.

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For reasons which we will not pause here to discuss, we have always regarded the eruciform type of larva as the highest.

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Most significant is the precedence of the eruciform by the campodeiform type.

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Larva campodeiform, usually feeding by suction (exceptionally hypermetamorphic with subsequent eruciform instars).

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Larvae eruciform, with rarely more than five pairs of abdominal prolegs.

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