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Noun: forest tent caterpillar
  1. Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees
    - Malacosoma disstria

Derived forms: forest tent caterpillars

Type of: tent caterpillar

Encyclopedia: Forest tent caterpillar