GOLD-TAIL MOTH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

White furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft

Synonyms:

Euproctis chrysorrhoea; gold-tail moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("gold-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 ("gold-tail moth" is a member of...):

Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)