What does woolly bear mean?

woolly bear means "caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests".

What is another word for woolly bear?

Close synonyms include woolly bear caterpillar. 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 woolly bear a common word?

woolly bear 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.

woolly bear — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
Synonymswoolly bear caterpillar
Broadercaterpillar
Narrowerwoolly bear moth

Questions about woolly bear

What does woolly bear mean?: woolly bear means "caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests".
What is another word for woolly bear?: Close synonyms include woolly bear caterpillar. 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.

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