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WEBWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("webworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "webworm"):
fall webworm; Hyphantria cunea; garden webworm; Loxostege similalis (a variety of webworm)
Holonyms ("webworm" is a member of...):
family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)
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