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brown′-tail moth′
(broun′tāl′),USA pronunciation
- Insectsa white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees. Also called brown′tail′.
- 1775–85