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GYPSY MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gypsy moth mean?
• GYPSY MOTH (noun)
The noun GYPSY MOTH has 1 sense:
1. European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees
Familiarity information: GYPSY MOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("gypsy 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 ("gypsy moth" is a member of...):
genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))
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