browntail

browntail
noun
small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees
Hypernyms: ↑lymantriid, ↑tussock moth
Member Holonyms: ↑Euproctis, ↑genus Euproctis

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noun

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