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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
    "Tent caterpillars can be identified by their distinctive silk nests in tree branches"

Derived forms: tent caterpillars

Type of: caterpillar

Part of: genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma

Encyclopedia: Tent caterpillar