eggar

2 definitions found

eggar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Eggar \Eg"gar\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.)
     Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and
     Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
     [1913 Webster] egg beater

eggar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eggar
      n 1: moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed
           on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons [syn: eggar,
           egger]