noun
1. larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
• Syn: ↑forest tent caterpillar
• Hypernyms: ↑tent caterpillar
2. moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets
• Syn: ↑tent-caterpillar moth
• Hypernyms: ↑lasiocampid, ↑lasiocampid moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacosoma, ↑genus Malacosoma
Useful english dictionary. 2012.