Arctiidae

noun

tiger moths

• Syn: ↑family Arctiidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑arctiid, ↑arctiid moth, ↑Callimorpha, ↑genus Callimorpha, ↑woolly bear moth

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\\ärkˈtīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arctia, type genus (from Greek arktos bear + New Latin -ia) + -idae; from the furry appearance — more at arctic

: a large and variously delimited family of moths typically having stout bodies and broad wings often conspicuously striped or spotted, the larvae being usually hairy caterpillars — see tiger moth, woolly bear

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Arctiidae /ärk-tīˈi-dē/

plural noun

The family of medium-sized nocturnal moths, the tiger moths, whose hairy caterpillars are known as woolly bears

ORIGIN: New L, ult from Gr arktos bear

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arcˈtiid /-ti-/ noun

A moth of this family