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BROWN-TAIL MOTH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
Synonyms:
brown-tail moth; browntail; Euproctis phaeorrhoea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brown-tail moth" is a kind of...):
lymantriid; tussock moth (dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees)
Holonyms ("brown-tail moth" is a member of...):
Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)