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LAPPET CATERPILLAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lappet caterpillar mean? 

LAPPET CATERPILLAR (noun)
  The noun LAPPET CATERPILLAR has 1 sense:

1. larva of a lappet mothplay

  Familiarity information: LAPPET CATERPILLAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAPPET CATERPILLAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Larva of a lappet moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lappet caterpillar" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Holonyms ("lappet caterpillar" is a member of...):

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)


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