Lasiocampidae

noun

tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

• Syn: ↑family Lasiocampidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera

• Member Meronyms:

↑lasiocampid, ↑lasiocampid moth, ↑Lasiocampa, ↑genus Lasiocampa, ↑Malacosoma, ↑genus Malacosoma, ↑lappet caterpillar, ↑webworm, ↑Hyphantria, ↑genus Hyphantria, ↑Loxostege, ↑genus Loxostege

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷pəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lasiocampa, type genus + -idae

: a family of moths including the tent caterpillars, eggars, and lappet moths and being of medium size, stout-bodied and usually tan or grayish, with pectinate antennae in both sexes

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Lasiocampidae /lā-zi-ō-kamˈpi-dē or -si-/

plural noun

A family of moths including eggers and lackey moths

ORIGIN: Gr lasios woolly, and kampē a caterpillar