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    FAMILY LASIOCAMPIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet mothsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Lasiocampidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Lasiocampidae"):

    lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)

    genus Lasiocampa; Lasiocampa (type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars)

    genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)

    lappet caterpillar (larva of a lappet moth)

    webworm (several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed)

    genus Hyphantria; Hyphantria (fall webworms)

    genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)

    Holonyms ("family Lasiocampidae" is a member of...):

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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