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    LASIOCAMPID MOTH

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennaeplay

    Synonyms:

    lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("lasiocampid moth" is a kind of...):

    moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lasiocampid moth"):

    eggar; egger (moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons)

    Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets)

    lappet; lappet moth (medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars)

    webworm moth (a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives)

    Holonyms ("lasiocampid moth" is a member of...):

    family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)

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