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FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
Synonyms:
forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma disstria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("forest tent caterpillar" is a kind of...):
tent caterpillar (the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees)
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