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forest tent caterpillar

DEFINITIONS OF: forest tent caterpillar

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

Synonyms:
Malacosoma disstria
Type of:
tent caterpillar
the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
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