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LASIOCAMPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lasiocampidae mean?
• LASIOCAMPIDAE (noun)
The noun LASIOCAMPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
Familiarity information: LASIOCAMPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae
Hypernyms ("Lasiocampidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Lasiocampidae"):
lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)
genus Lasiocampa; Lasiocampa (type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars)
genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)
lappet caterpillar (larva of a lappet moth)
webworm (several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed)
genus Hyphantria; Hyphantria (fall webworms)
genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)
Holonyms ("Lasiocampidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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