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forest tent caterpillar
noun
Definition of FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR
: a moth (Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar and a serious defoliator of deciduous trees
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First Known Use of FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR
1854
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