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Noun: tent-caterpillar moth
  1. Moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars
    "Tent-caterpillar moths can defoliate entire trees";
    - Malacosoma americana
     
  2. Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets
    "The tent-caterpillar moth's webbing was visible across the branches";
    - Malacosoma disstria

Derived forms: tent-caterpillar moths

Type of: lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth, moth

Part of: genus Malacosoma, Malacosoma