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caterpillar

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Insect larva. Peʻelua, ʻenuhe, nuhe, ʻanuhe, poko. Also: hē (tiny); ʻūhini hulu ʻole; lohaloha, lohelohe, mū (in cocoon). Kinds: kalawela; ʻenuhe (hawk or sphinx moths); kuawehi (dark); kuapaʻa, mū ʻai hea (destructive). First appearance of young caterpillars on vines, kāhē. To metamorphose from a caterpillar into a butterfly, hoʻomalule. Infested with caterpillars, ʻanuhe, ʻānuhenuhe.

2. Machine. Kakapila.

caterpillar

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao,

Carnivorous ~ (Eupithecia spp). ʻEnuhe hamuiʻa.

caterpillar

/ Cat-er-pil-lar / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he peelua huluhulu.

caterpillar

Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

pě’ělu’ă, enŭ’hě.

Caterpillar

/ Єăt'er-pĭl'lar / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

He peelua.

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