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LASIOCAMPID MOTH

Dictionary entry overview: What does lasiocampid moth mean?

• LASIOCAMPID MOTH (noun)
The noun LASIOCAMPID MOTH has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae

Familiarity information: LASIOCAMPID MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LASIOCAMPID MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth

Hypernyms ("lasiocampid moth" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lasiocampid moth"):

eggar; egger (moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons)

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose gregarious larvae spin carpets)

lappet; lappet moth (medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars)

webworm moth (a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives)

Holonyms ("lasiocampid moth" is a member of...):

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)

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