- A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in
1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed
cowl or capoch of St. Francis. - A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. - A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus),
having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown
reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish
white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai. - Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or
horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella. - A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft
of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
- Butterfly larva - Earlier version of Madama Butterfly? - Grub supplied to provide food column - Grub to provide food column - Leaf-eating grub - The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous
insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other
insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The
true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of
abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy,
others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent
vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly
called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm,
silkworm. - A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling
caterpillars.