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    GIPSY MOTH

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade treesplay

    Synonyms:

    gipsy moth; gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("gipsy 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 ("gipsy moth" is a member of...):

    genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))

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