brown-tail_moth (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *brown-tail moth*:
NOUN	animal	brown-tail moth, browntail, Euproctis phaeorrhoea	small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States

English > *brown-tail moth*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees.
Synonyms	browntail, Euproctis phaeorrhoea
Member of	Euproctis, genus Euproctis	A genus of Lymantriidae
Broader	lymantriid, tussock moth	dull / dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees

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