Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting in formal or solemn procession.
- In entomology, specifically, forming and moving in a procession: said of certain caterpillars.
- noun Same as
processioner , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions.
- adjective (Zoöl.) any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially
Cnethocampa processionea of Europe, whose larvæ make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or used in a
procession - noun Any of several
moths of the genus Thaumetopoea
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Examples
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As holidaymakers fold up the sunloungers and head back to Milan and Rome , they are rolling out the red carpet on the Venice Lido and dusting off the gold leaf lion statues that line the processionary route.
If it's September it must be Venice: but Europe's film festivals face a new threat 2011
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On our Life Path we need to welcome change and opportunity, or we may become like the processionary caterpillars that Jean Henri Fabre, the great French naturalist, studied.
Nurturing Spirituality in Children Ph.D. Peggy Joy Jenkins 2008
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We have seen an influx of new pests and diseases in the past decade - the processionary moth is causing great problems in west London after being imported on an oak bought to screen a supermarket car park.
The Guardian World News Tracy McVeigh 2011
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On the march: The oak processionary moth - which is toxic during its caterpillar stage - is spreading out of control in England
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Oak processionary moths are native to central and southern Europe but have spread hundreds of miles north in the past few decades.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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He also believes that they will soon be joined by another pest from mainland Europe: the pine processionary moth, which is also toxic to humans and more dangerous to trees.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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The oak processionary moth - which during its caterpillar stage is a toxic pest whose hairs can trigger severe asthma attacks - is spreading out of control in England.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Slide 5: Bayesian Core: A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics Regression and variable selection Regression Pine processionary caterpillars x3 x1 x2 x5 x6 x4 x8 x9 x7 197 / 785
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Slide 10: Bayesian Core: A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics Regression and variable selection Regression Regressors and response Variable of primary interest, y, called the response or the outcome variable [assumed here to be continuous] E.g., number of Pine processionary caterpillar colonies Covariates x = (x1, ..., xk) called explanatory variables [may be discrete, continuous or both] 202 / 785
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Slide 110: Bayesian Core: A Practical Approach to Computational Bayesian Statistics Regression and variable selection Variable selection Pine processionary caterpillars (cont'd) Interpretation Model Mγ with the highest posterior probability is t1 (γ) = (1, 2, 4, 5), which corresponds to the variables - altitude, - slope, - height of the tree sampled in the center of the area, and - diameter of the tree sampled in the center of the area.
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