Caterpiller.

The word chasil signifies 'devourer,' hence the name of a species of locust. 1 Kings 8: 37; 2 Chr. 6: 28; Ps. 78: 46; Isa. 33: 4; Joel 1: 4;

Joel 2: 25. In Ps. 105: 34; Jer. 51: 14, 27 the word is yeleq, and is elsewhere translated CANKERWORM, q.v.