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tussock moth

noun

dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees

• Hypernyms: ↑moth

• Hyponyms:

↑gypsy moth, ↑gipsy moth, ↑Lymantria dispar, ↑browntail, ↑brown-tail moth, ↑Euproctis phaeorrhoea, ↑gold-tail moth, ↑Euproctis chrysorrhoea

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lymantriidae, ↑family Lymantriidae

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noun

: any of numerous dull-colored moths especially of the family Lymantriidae which in most of the common forms have wingless females

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any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of various deciduous trees.

[1820-30]

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tussock moth noun

Any moth of the family Lymantriidae (related to Lasiocampidae), from the tufts of hair on the caterpillars

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Main Entry: ↑tussock

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tussock moth,

any one of a family of dull-colored moths whose larvae have thick tufts of hair along the back, such as the gypsy moth.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.