- Malacosoma
- nountent caterpillars• Syn: ↑genus Malacosoma• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Lasiocampidae, ↑family Lasiocampidae• Member Meronyms: ↑tent-caterpillar moth, ↑Malacosoma americana, ↑tent caterpillar, ↑Malacosoma disstria
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\\ˌmalə(ˌ)kōˈsōmə\ nounUsage: capitalized: a genus of moths (family Lasiocampidae) including the common tent caterpillars
Useful english dictionary. 2012.