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Lasiocampa

noun

type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars

• Syn: ↑genus Lasiocampa

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lasiocampidae, ↑family Lasiocampidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑eggar, ↑egger

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\\ˌlāzēōˈkampə, ˌlāsē-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lasio- (from Greek lasios shaggy) + -campa; akin to Greek lēnos wool — more at wool

: the type genus of the family Lasiocampidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.