- green-striped mapleworm
- \\ˈgrēnzˌt]rīpt-, -nˌst]\ noun
: a green caterpillar with black spines that is the larva of a cream and pink saturniid moth (Anisota rubicunda) and that occasionally is a pest of maple trees
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
green-striped mapleworm
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