Eruciform (literally: `caterpillar-shaped`) is the entomological term describing a certain class of shapes of insect larvae. ==Origin and application== The word `eruciform` literally means `caterpillar-shaped` (from Latin `eruca`, a caterpillar — confusingly, in Latin `Eruca` also was used as the name for a rape-like plant, but that ha... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruciform
(applied to a larva) Caterpillar like; more or less cylindrical with a well developed head and stumpy legs at the rear as well as the true thoracic legs Found on http://www.earthlife.net/insects/glossary.html