Meaning Of The Word Tent caterpillar

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Tent caterpillar Definition
Tent caterpillar Definition

What's The Definition Of Tent caterpillar?

tent caterpillar in American English
any of various caterpillars (esp. genus Malacosoma, family Lasiocampidae) that usually live in colonies in large, tentlike webs spun among the branches of trees, which they defoliate
noun: any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web

tent caterpillar in British English
noun: the larva of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp Malacosoma americana of North America, which build communal webs in trees

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