genus malacosoma

English Thesaurus

1. tent caterpillars (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth,
definition	:	moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	tent caterpillar,
definition	:	the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	malacosoma disstria, tent-caterpillar moth,
definition	:	moth whose gregarious larvae spin webs resembling carpets (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family lasiocampidae, lasiocampidae,
definition	:	tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths (noun.animal)