catepeluse

Old French

Etymology

cate (“female cat”) +‎ peluse (“hairy”). See modern French chatte, pileuse.

Noun

catepeluse f (oblique plural catepeluses, nominative singular catepeluse, nominative plural catepeluses)

(Anglo-Norman) caterpillar (larva of a butterfly)

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chatepelose)

catepelus on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “cattus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 518

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