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Definition: Tussock Moth |
Tussock MothNoun1. Dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | A member of the family Lymantriidae(Lepidoptera)whose larvae are serious defoliators of forest trees. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Tussock MothSynonym: lymantriid (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tussock Moth |
| English words defined with "tussock moth": tussock caterpillar. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Tussock Moth damageForestryShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Unknown. |
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| Language | Translations for "tussock moth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lloj fluturi (tiger-moth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | spinder (man-made fibre maker, spinner). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | witvlakvlinder (antique tussock moth, European tussock moth, rusty tussock moth, vapourer moth), roodstaartrups (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth), roodstaartje (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth, redstart), roodstaart (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth), meriansborstelrups (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth), meriansborstel (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth), borstelrupsvlinder (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | villakehrääjä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lymantride. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trägspinner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νοτόλεφος η δασική (antique tussock moth, European tussock moth, rusty tussock moth, vapourer moth), δασύχειρα η δασική (hop dog, pale tussock moth, red tail moth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szövõlepke. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | limantria. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ussocktay othmay tufo (flock, tussock, wisp), moita (brush, clump, scrub, tod, tussock), madeixa (hank, tussock), limantrídeos, limântria. (various references) кистехвост (tussock). (various references) moljac čija gusenica ima čuperke. (various references) METRO (meter, metre, metro, rule, subway, tube, underground). (various references) tofsspinnare. (various references) tombul güve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-k-m-o-o-s-s-t-t-u" | |
-4 letters: cohosts, customs, outmost, outshot, schmoos, scouths, shmucks, smooths, tussock, utmosts. | |
-5 letters: chooks, chotts, cohost, comous, cosmos, couths, custom, custos, hokums, khoums, kousso, mottos, mouths, musths, osmous, schmos, scoots, scouth, scouts, shmuck, shocks, shooks, shoots, shotts, shouts, shucks, smocks, smooch, smooth, smutch, sooths, souths, stocks, stooks, stouts, tooths, utmost. | |
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