forest tent caterpillar

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   larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

   SynonymsMalacosoma disstria

   Broadertent caterpillar

Questions about forest tent caterpillar

What does forest tent caterpillar mean?

forest tent caterpillar means "larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees".

What is another word for forest tent caterpillar?

Close synonyms include Malacosoma disstria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forest tent caterpillar a common word?

forest tent caterpillar is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.