毛け虫むし
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Meanings
Noun
1. hairy caterpillar; woolly bear
2. pest; nudnik (nudnick)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
けむし
けむし
Used in vocabulary
うみけむし
Chloeia flava (species of bristle worm)
Noun
まつけむし
larva of the pine moth (Dendrolimus spectabilis)
Noun
Examples3
A butterfly is a mature caterpillar.
My mother disliked caterpillars, not to mention snakes.
The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.