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MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets

Synonyms:

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Malacosoma disstria" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Malacosoma disstria" is a member of...):

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

Synonyms:

forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma disstria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Malacosoma disstria" is a kind of...):

tent caterpillar (the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees)

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