Usually means: Larval stage of butterflies, moths.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word caterpillars:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. Caterpillars, caterpillars: Merriam-Webster
  2. caterpillars: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Caterpillars, caterpillars: Vocabulary.com
  4. Caterpillar's, Caterpillars, caterpillar's, caterpillars: Wordnik
  5. caterpillars: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. caterpillars: Wiktionary
  7. caterpillars: Dictionary.com
  8. caterpillars: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Caterpillars: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Caterpillars: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. caterpillars: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Caterpillars: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Caterpillars: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Caterpillars: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Caterpillars: Medical dictionary
  3. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. caterpillars: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See caterpillar as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (caterpillar)

noun:  The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
noun:  A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
noun:  (mathematics) A set of subtrees of a tree.
noun:  (obsolete) A rapacious, extortionate person preying upon the community.
verb:  (intransitive) To move along slowly, drawing one's body up, in the manner of a caterpillar.
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