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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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