MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malacosoma disstria mean? 

• MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA (noun)
  The noun MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA has 2 senses:

1. larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

2. moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

forest tent caterpillar; Malacosoma disstria

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth

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

lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)

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

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)