Caterpillar (ISBE)

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kat´ẽr -pil -ẽr ( חסיל , ḥāṣı̄l (Psalm 78:46; Joel 1:4 , etc.); ילק , yeleḳ (Psalm 105:34 the King James Version, the American Standard Revised Version "grasshopper"; Jeremiah 51:14 , Jeremiah 51:27 the King James Version; elsewhere "canker-worm")): A name given to a larval stage of the LOCUST (which see).