- (n.) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, especially the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
- (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
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