eruciform

American  

[ih-roo-suh-fawrm] / ɪˈru səˌfɔrm /

adjective

1. having the physical characteristics of a caterpillar.

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Etymology

Origin of eruciform

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

Example Sentences

The caddis-larva is as a rule of the eruciform type, but with well-developed thoracic legs, and with hook-like tail-appendages; by means of the latter it anchors itself to the extremity of its curious 'house.'

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)

Such larvae as these latter are examples of the type called eruciform by A. S.

From The Life-Story of Insects by Carpenter, George H. (George Herbert)

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

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

Larva eruciform, with seven or eight pairs of abdominal prolegs, or entirely legless.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various