WEBWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does webworm mean? 

• WEBWORM (noun)
  The noun WEBWORM has 1 sense:

1. several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEBWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

fall webworm; Hyphantria cunea; garden webworm; Loxostege similalis (a variety of webworm)

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

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