WEBWORM MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does webworm moth mean? 

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

1. a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEBWORM MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)

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

Hyphantria cunea (moth whose larvae are fall webworms)

Loxostege similalis (moth whose larvae are garden webworms)