| NOUN | animal | Malacosoma disstria, forest tent caterpillar | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent |
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| animal | Malacosoma disstria, tent-caterpillar moth | moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets |
| Meaning | larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees. | |
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| Synonym | forest tent caterpillar | |
| Broader | tent caterpillar | The larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees |
| Meaning | moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets. | |
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| Synonym | tent-caterpillar moth | |
| Member of | Malacosoma, genus Malacosoma | tent caterpillars |
| Broader | lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth | medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae |
| Spanish | Malacosoma disstria | |
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