tussock moth

Questions about tussock moth

What does tussock moth mean?

tussock moth means "dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees".

What is another word for tussock moth?

Close synonyms include lymantriid. 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 tussock moth a common word?

tussock 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.