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Choose the word that best completes the analogy: CATERPILLAR is to BUTTERFLY as MAGGOT is to .

1. FLY
2. WORM
3. SPIDER
4. SNAIL

Answer

A. FLY

Solution

A CATERPILLAR is the larva of a butterfly; a MAGGOT is the larva of a fly.

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