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LASIOCAMPID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lasiocampid mean? 

LASIOCAMPID (noun)
  The noun LASIOCAMPID has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennaeplay

  Familiarity information: LASIOCAMPID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LASIOCAMPID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth

Hypernyms ("lasiocampid" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lasiocampid"):

eggar; egger (moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons)

Malacosoma disstria; tent-caterpillar moth (moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets)

lappet; lappet moth (medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars)

webworm moth (a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives)

Holonyms ("lasiocampid" is a member of...):

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


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