eruciform

Latin eruca (“caterpillar”) +‎ -form

eruciform (not comparable)

1. Shaped like a caterpillar; the term is loosely applied to some larvae with little resemblance to typical caterpillars.

   Most scorpionfly larvae are eruciform.

• Allaby, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. pg 169. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.

• urceiform

Borrowed from French éruciforme.

eruciform m or n (feminine singular eruciformă, masculine plural eruciformi, feminine and neuter plural eruciforme)

1. eruciform