单词 | tent caterpillar |
释义 | tent caterpillar (once / 193760 pages) n WORD FAMILY tent caterpillar: tent caterpillars USAGE EXAMPLESThe Eastern tent caterpillar, the tomato hornworm, the gypsy moth caterpillar, the fall cankerworm — these pests belong to the darker side of the order Lepidoptera. Washington Post(Aug 22, 2016) Snails leave slime trails; tent caterpillars, pheromone paths. Seattle Times(Jul 07, 2016) In the spring, aspen stands in New Mexico and Arizona were hit by hungry Western tent caterpillars that ate leaves off entire stands. US News(Oct 03, 2015) n the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees Hypo|Hyper Malacosoma disstria, forest tent caterpillar larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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