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Noun: tent-caterpillar moth
  1. Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets
    - Malacosoma disstria
     
  2. Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars
    - Malacosoma americana

Derived forms: tent-caterpillar moths

Type of: lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth, moth

Part of: genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma

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Tentaculata
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tent-caterpillar moth
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tent-fly
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tenth cranial nerve
tenth part
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Tenthredinidae
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