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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) brown-tail moth
a white moth, Euproctischrysorrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.

Etymology: (1775–85)

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1. (noun) browntail, brown-tail moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea
small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees

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