webworm
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webworm n 1 :
several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed Tent \
Tent \,
n . [
OE .
tente ,
F .
tente ,
LL .
tenta ,
fr .
L .
tendere ,
tentum ,
to stretch .
See {
Tend }
to move ,
and cf . {
Tent }
a roll of lint .]
1 .
A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins ,
canvas ,
or some strong cloth ,
stretched and sustained by poles , --
used for sheltering persons from the weather ,
especially soldiers in camp .
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Within his tent ,
large as is a barn . --
Chaucer .
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2 . (
Her .)
The representation of a tent used as a bearing .
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{
Tent bed },
a high -
post bedstead curtained with a tentlike canopy .
{
Tent caterpillar } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large silken webs into which they retreat when at rest .
Some of the species are very destructive to fruit trees .
The most common American species is the larva of a bombycid moth ({
Clisiocampa Americana }).
Called also {
lackery caterpillar },
and {
webworm }.
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Webworm \
Web "
worm `\,
n . (
Zool .)
Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees ,
and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding .
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Note :
The most destructive webworms belong to the family {
Bombycidae },
as the fall webworm ({
Hyphantria textor }),
which feeds on various fruit and forest trees ,
and the common tent caterpillar ,
which feeds on various fruit trees (
see {
Tent caterpillar },
under {
Tent }.)
The grapevine webworm is the larva of a geometrid moth (
see {
Vine inchworm },
under {
Vine }).
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