GENUS MALACOSOMA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tent caterpillars

Synonyms:

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Malacosoma" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Malacosoma"):

Malacosoma americana; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars)

tent caterpillar (the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees)

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets)

Holonyms ("genus Malacosoma" is a member of...):

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)