isabella moth

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isabella moth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Isabella moth \Is`a*bel"la moth`\ (?; 115). (Zool.)
     A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an
     isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar
     , is densely covered with hairs, which are black
     at each end of the body, and red in the middle part.
     [1913 Webster]