Dictionary entry

Caterpillar

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kat'-er-pil-er (chacil (Ps 78:46;Joe 1:4, etc.); yeleq (Ps 105:34the King James Version, the American Standard Revised Version "grasshopper";Jer 51:14,27the King James Version; elsewhere "canker-worm")): A name given to a larval stage of theLOCUST(which see).