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Noun: tussock moth
  1. Dull-coloured moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
    "The gypsy moth is an invasive tussock moth species";
    - lymantriid

Derived forms: tussock moths

Type of: moth

Part of: family Lymantriidae, Lymantriidae

Encyclopedia: Tussock moth