tent-caterpillar moth

Questions about tent-caterpillar moth

What does tent-caterpillar moth mean?

tent-caterpillar moth means "moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tent-caterpillar moth?

Close synonyms include Malacosoma disstria, Malacosoma americana. 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 tent-caterpillar moth a common word?

tent-caterpillar moth 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.