noun
- Larvae of a gregarious North American moth that spins a web resembling a carpet rather than a tent; serious defoliator of deciduous trees.
- synonyms: forest tent caterpillar
- Moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets.
- synonyms: tent-caterpillar moth
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