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Tussock Moth

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Noun

1. lymantriid, tussock moth

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tussock Moth

see synonyms of tussock moth
noun
any of various pale or dull-coloured moths of the family Lymantriidae (or Laparidae), the hairy caterpillars of which are pests of many trees
See also gipsy moth, browntail moth, goldtail moth

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tussock Moth

see synonyms of tussock moth
any of a family (Lymantriidae) of moths whose caterpillars are covered with long tufts of hair: many, as the gypsy moth, are destructive pests of certain trees

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tussock Moth

see synonyms of tussock moth
n.
Any of various usually dull-colored moths of the family Lymantriidae, the caterpillars of which have tufts of hair along the back and are often destructive to deciduous trees.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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