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TUSSOCK CATERPILLAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tussock caterpillar mean?
• TUSSOCK CATERPILLAR (noun)
The noun TUSSOCK CATERPILLAR has 1 sense:
1. larva of a tussock moth
Familiarity information: TUSSOCK CATERPILLAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larva of a tussock moth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tussock caterpillar" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Holonyms ("tussock caterpillar" is a member of...):
family Lymantriidae; Lymantriidae (tussock moths)
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