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 Definitions of tent caterpillar  [ˈtɛn tə tɪv]  

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Definition of 'tent caterpillar' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tent caterpillar
any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of deciduous trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web.

Etymology:  (1850–55, Amer.)

Definition of 'tent caterpillar' Princeton's WordNet 

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

'tent caterpillar' - Nearby Entries  

tent caterpillar  tent-caterpillar moth  tentaculata  tentative  tentatively  tenter  tenterhook  



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