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MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets
Synonyms:
Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Malacosoma disstria" is a kind of...):
lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)
Holonyms ("Malacosoma disstria" is a member of...):
genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)
Sense 2
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:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Malacosoma disstria" 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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