WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tent′ cat′erpillar, 
    1. any of the larvae of several moths of the genus Malacosoma, which feed on the leaves of orchard and shade trees and live colonially in a tentlike silken web.
    2. the North American larva of M. disstria (forest tent caterpillar), which spins a dense net.
    • 1850–55, American.

'tent caterpillar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
egger - forest tent caterpillar

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