GYPSY MOTH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

gipsy moth; gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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