English-Thai Dictionary
webworm
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WEBWORM
WEBWORM Web "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvæ eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding.
Note: The most destructive webworms belong to the family Bombycidæ, as the fall webworm (Hyphantria textor ), which feeds on various fruit and forest trees, and the common tent caterpillar, which feeds on various fruit trees (see Tent caterpillar, under Tent. ) The grapevine webworm is the larva of a geometrid moth (see Vine inchworm, under Vine ).
New American Oxford Dictionary
webworm
web worm |ˈwebˌwərm ˈwɛbwərm | ▶noun a caterpillar that spins a web in which to rest or feed. When present in large numbers, it can become a serious pest. [Loxostega and other genera, family Pyralidae. ]
Oxford Dictionary
webworm
web |worm |ˈwɛbwəːm | ▶noun N. Amer. a caterpillar which spins a web in which to rest or feed. When present in large numbers it can become a serious pest. ●Loxostega and other genera, family Pyralidae.