(historical) A Highlander working as a professional fighter; a mercenary attached to a Scottish clan. / A freebooter, marauder.

plural of cateran

plural of saddleback caterpillar

A caterpillar - the larva of a moth native to the eastern U.S., Sibine stimulea - which usually has a green and brown saddle-shaped mark on its back.

plural of caterpillar track

A fungus indigenous to the Tibetan plateau, Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which parasitizes various caterpillars.

Malacosoma americanum, a univoltine social caterpillar inhabiting communal nests in the branches of trees.

plural of catery

(entomology) A larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.

(obsolete) A woman who caters.