GOLD-TAIL MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gold-tail moth mean? 

• GOLD-TAIL MOTH (noun)
  The noun GOLD-TAIL MOTH has 1 sense:

1. white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft

  Familiarity information: GOLD-TAIL MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOLD-TAIL MOTH (noun)

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Meaning:

White furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euproctis chrysorrhoea; gold-tail moth

Hypernyms ("gold-tail 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 ("gold-tail moth" is a member of...):

Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)