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    WOOLLY BEAR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    woolly bear; woolly bear caterpillar

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("woolly bear" is a kind of...):

    caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woolly bear"):

    woolly bear moth (larva of moth of the family Arctiidae)

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