HyperDic: tent_caterpillar

English > 1 sense of the expression tent caterpillar:
NOUNanimaltent caterpillarthe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
English > tent caterpillar: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees.
Member ofMalacosoma, genus Malacosomatent caterpillars
Narrowerforest tent caterpillar, Malacosoma disstrialarvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
Spanishlagarta rayada, oruga de librea

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