Found 2 hits - Term: clisiocampa americana, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lackey \lack"ey\, n.; pl. lackeys. f. laquais; cf. sp. pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of german origin, and akin
to e. lick, v.
an attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
1913 webster
like a christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--shak.
1913 webster
lackey caterpillar zool., the caterpillar, or larva, of
any bombycid moth of the genus clisiocampa; -- so called
from its party-colored markings. the common european
species clisiocampa neustria is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. the
american species clisiocampa americana and clisiocampa
sylvatica are commonly called tent caterpillars. see
tent caterpillar, under tent.
lackey moth zool., the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
1913 webster
see also:
lackeys lackey caterpillar clisiocampa clisiocampa neustria clisiocampa americana clisiocampa sylvatica
tent caterpillars tent caterpillar tent lackey moth
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tent \tent\, n. oe. tente, f. tente, ll. tenta, fr. l. tendere,
tentum, to stretch. see tend to move, and cf. tent a roll
of lint.
1. a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas,
or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, --
used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially
soldiers in camp.
1913 webster
within his tent, large as is a barn. --chaucer.
1913 webster
2. her. the representation of a tent used as a bearing.
1913 webster
tent bed, a high-post bedstead curtained with a tentlike
canopy.
tent caterpillar zool., any one of several species of
gregarious caterpillars which construct on trees large
silken webs into which they retreat when at rest. some of
the species are very destructive to fruit trees. the most
common american species is the larva of a bombycid moth
clisiocampa americana. called also lackery
caterpillar, and webworm.
1913 webster
see also:
tend tent tent bed tent caterpillar clisiocampa americana lackery caterpillar
webworm
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