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Hyphantria

noun

fall webworms

• Syn: ↑genus Hyphantria

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lasiocampidae, ↑family Lasiocampidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Hyphantria cunea, ↑fall webworm

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\\hīˈfan.trēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, female weaver, feminine of hyphantēs weaver, from hyphainein to weave

: a genus of arctiid moths including some No. American species having hairy social larvae that are serious pests of trees — see fall webworm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.