noun
dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
• Syn: ↑tussock moth
• 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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I. \\-ēə̇d\ adjectiveEtymology: New Latin Lymantriidae
: of or relating to the family Lymantriidae
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin Lymantriidae
: a moth of the family Lymantriidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.