HyperDic: genus_malacosoma

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Malacosoma:
NOUNanimalgenus Malacosoma, Malacosomatent caterpillars
English > genus Malacosoma: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtent caterpillars.
SynonymMalacosoma
Member ofLasiocampidae, family Lasiocampidaetent caterpillars
Memberstent-caterpillar moth, Malacosoma americanamoth whose larvae are tent caterpillars
tent-caterpillar moth, Malacosoma disstriamoth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets
tent caterpillarThe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
Broaderarthropod genusA genus of arthropods
Spanishgénero Malacosoma, genus malacosoma, malacosoma, Malacosoma
Catalangenus malacosoma, malacosoma

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