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webworm
(encz) | webworm, n: |
webworm
(gcide) | Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll
of lint.]
1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
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Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer.
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2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
Tent caterpillar (Zool.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
(Clisiocampa Americana). Called also {lackery
caterpillar}, and webworm.
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Webworm
(gcide) | Webworm \Web"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae
eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which
they retreat when not feeding.
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Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family
Bombycidae, as the fall webworm ({Hyphantria
textor}), which feeds on various fruit and forest
trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on
various fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under
Tent.) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a
geometrid moth (see Vine inchworm, under Vine).
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webworm
(wn) | webworm
n 1: several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage
on which they feed |
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fall webworm
(encz) | fall webworm, n: |
garden webworm
(encz) | garden webworm, n: |
webworm moth
(encz) | webworm moth, n: |
fall webworm
(gcide) | fall webworm \fall webworm\, n. (Zool.)
The larva of any moth of the genus Hyphantria, which spins
a web around the foliage on which it feeds.
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Webworm
(gcide) | Tent \Tent\, n. [OE. tente, F. tente, LL. tenta, fr. L. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move, and cf. Tent a roll
of lint.]
1. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
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Within his tent, large as is a barn. --Chaucer.
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2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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Tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
Tent caterpillar (Zool.), any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. Some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. The most
common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth
(Clisiocampa Americana). Called also {lackery
caterpillar}, and webworm.
[1913 Webster]Webworm \Web"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae
eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which
they retreat when not feeding.
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Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family
Bombycidae, as the fall webworm ({Hyphantria
textor}), which feeds on various fruit and forest
trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on
various fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under
Tent.) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a
geometrid moth (see Vine inchworm, under Vine).
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fall webworm
(wn) | fall webworm
n 1: a variety of webworm [syn: fall webworm, {Hyphantria
cunea}] |
garden webworm
(wn) | garden webworm
n 1: a variety of webworm [syn: garden webworm, {Loxostege
similalis}] |
webworm moth
(wn) | webworm moth
n 1: a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives |
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