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Definition of webworm in English English dictionary
- Any of various caterpillars, mostly of the family Pyralidae, that spin a web (in which to feed)
- several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
- Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvæ eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding
- {i} caterpillar which spins a web
- webworm moth
- a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives
- fall webworm
- Hyphantria cunea, a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates characteristic webbed nests on a wide variety of hardwood trees in the late summer and fall
- fall webworm
- a variety of webworm
- garden webworm
- a variety of webworm
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[ -"w&rm ] (noun.) 1797. web + wormResimler
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