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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An insect of the lepidopterous family Lymantriidæ.
  • Having the characteristics of, or belonging to, the Lymantriidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees

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