MALACOSOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malacosoma mean? 

• MALACOSOMA (noun)
  The noun MALACOSOMA has 1 sense:

1. tent caterpillars

  Familiarity information: MALACOSOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACOSOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tent caterpillars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma

Hypernyms ("Malacosoma" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Malacosoma"):

Malacosoma americana; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars)

tent caterpillar (the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees)

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets)

Holonyms ("Malacosoma" is a member of...):

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)