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web·worm
(wĕb′wûrm′)n.
Any of various usually destructive caterpillars that construct webs.
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webworm
(ˈwɛbˌwɜːm)n
(Animals) US a moth species best known for its larval stage, when it spins a large web in which to eat or rest
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web•worm
(ˈwɛbˌwɜrm)n.
the larva of any of several moths, which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
[1790–1800]
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Noun | 1. | webworm - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed family Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea - a variety of webworm garden webworm, Loxostege similalis - a variety of webworm caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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