WEBWORM
Dictionary entry overview: What does webworm mean? • WEBWORM (noun)
The noun WEBWORM has 1 sense:
1. several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
Familiarity information: WEBWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WEBWORM (noun)
Meaning:
Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("webworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "webworm"):
fall webworm; Hyphantria cunea; garden webworm; Loxostege similalis (a variety of webworm)
Holonyms ("webworm" is a member of...):
family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)
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