clisiocampa americana

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clisiocampa americana - 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.
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           Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
                                                    --Shak.
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     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.
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  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.
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              Within his tent, large as is a barn.  --Chaucer.
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     2. (Her.) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
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     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.
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