GIPSY MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gipsy moth mean? 

• GIPSY MOTH (noun)
  The noun GIPSY MOTH has 1 sense:

1. European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees

  Familiarity information: GIPSY MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIPSY MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

gipsy moth; gypsy moth; Lymantria dispar

Hypernyms ("gipsy moth" is a kind of...):

lymantriid; tussock moth (dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees)

Holonyms ("gipsy moth" is a member of...):

genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))