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Noun: tent caterpillar
  1. The larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees

Derived forms: tent caterpillars

Type of: caterpillar

Part of: genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma

Encyclopedia: Tent caterpillar

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Tentaculata
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