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FAMILY LASIOCAMPIDAE

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Meaning:

Tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths

Synonyms:

family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Lasiocampidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Lasiocampidae"):

lasiocampid; lasiocampid moth (medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae)

genus Lasiocampa; Lasiocampa (type genus of the Lasiocampidae: eggars)

genus Malacosoma; Malacosoma (tent caterpillars)

lappet caterpillar (larva of a lappet moth)

webworm (several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed)

genus Hyphantria; Hyphantria (fall webworms)

genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)

Holonyms ("family Lasiocampidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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