tent caterpillar

tent cat·er·pil·lar

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Definitions of tent caterpillar words

noun tent caterpillar any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web. 1
noun tent caterpillar the North American larva of M. disstria (forest tent caterpillar) which spins a dense net. 1
noun tent caterpillar the larva of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp Malacosoma americana of North America, which build communal webs in trees 0
noun tent caterpillar any of various caterpillars (esp. genus Malacosoma, family Lasiocampidae) that usually live in colonies in large, tentlike webs spun among the branches of trees, which they defoliate 0

before 1850

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An Americanism dating back to 1850-55

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