FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR

Meaning of FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR in English

noun Date: 1854 a moth ( Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar and a serious defoliator of deciduous trees

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FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — noun : a hairy orange-striped and orange-spotted bluish tent caterpillar ( Malacosoma disstria ) that is gregarious, spins a carpet …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR. — See under tent caterpillar . [ 1850-55, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — Date: 1854 : a moth ( Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — Function: noun Date: 1854 : a moth ( Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — [forest tent caterpillar] n (1854): a moth (Malacosoma disstria of the family Lasiocampidae) whose orange-marked larva is a tent caterpillar …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — гусеница коконопряда кольчатого лесного (Malacosoma disstria)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR — гусеница коконопряда кольчатого лесного ( Malacosoma disstria )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
TENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) {{link=tent caterpillar">tent caterpillar tent structure
Английский словарь Британика
FOREST — I Complex ecosystem in which trees are the dominant life-form. Tree-dominated forests can occur wherever the temperatures rise above 50 …
Английский словарь Британика
CATERPILLAR — butterfly or moth . Caterpillars have a cylindrical body consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs of legs on the …
Английский словарь Британика
TENT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOREST — I. ˈfȯrə̇st, ˈfär- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin forestis, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TENT — (v. t.) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to tent a …
Английский словарь Webster
TENT — ( v. t. ) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TENT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOREST — — forestal, forestial /feuh res"cheuhl/ , adj. — forested , adj. — forestless , adj. — forestlike , adj. /fawr"ist, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TENT — I. ˈtent noun Etymology: Middle English tente, from Anglo-French, from Latin tenta, feminine of tentus, past participle of tendere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOREST — I. ˈfȯr-əst, ˈfär- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin forestis ( silva ) unenclosed …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TENT
Webster English vocab
FOREST — vt to cover with trees or wood. 2. forest ·adj of or pertaining to a forest; sylvan. 3. forest ·noun …
Webster English vocab
CATERPILLAR — noun a plant of the genus scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars. 2. caterpillar ·noun the larval state of a butterfly …
Webster English vocab
TENT — [tent] n [ME tente, fr. OF, fr. L tenta, fem. of tentus, pp. of tendere to stretch--more at thin] (14c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOREST — [for.est] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OF, fr. LL forestis (silva) unenclosed (woodland), fr. L foris outside--more at forum] (13c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATERPILLAR — [cat.er.pil.lar] n, often attrib [ME catyrpel, fr. ONF catepelose, lit., hairy cat] (15c): the elongated wormlike larva of a butterfly …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TENT — portable shelter, consisting of a rigid framework covered by some flexible substance. Tents are used for a wide variety of …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOREST — complex ecological system in which trees are the dominant life form. Tree-dominated forests can occur wherever the temperatures rise above …
Britannica English vocabulary
CATERPILLAR — larva of a butterfly or moth (Lepidoptera). Caterpillars have cylindrical bodies consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs of legs …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOREST — county, northwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau drained by the Allegheny and Clarion …
Britannica English vocabulary
TENT — tent BrE AmE tent ▷ tented ˈtent ɪd -əd AmE ˈten t̬ əd ▷ tenting ˈtent ɪŋ AmE ˈten t̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOREST — forest, F~ BrE AmE ˈfɒr ɪst -əst AmE ˈfɔːr əst ˈfɑːr- ▷ forest|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CATERPILLAR — caterpillar BrE AmE ˈkæt ə pɪl ə AmE \ ˈkæt̬ ə r pɪl ə r ▷ caterpillar|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TENT — / tent; NAmE / noun a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas , nylon , etc. that is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOREST — / ˈfɒrɪst; NAmE ˈfɔːr-; ˈfɑːr-/ noun 1. [ C , U ] a large area of land that is thickly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATERPILLAR — / ˈkætəpɪlə(r); NAmE -tərp-/ noun a small creature like a worm with legs, that develops into a butterfly or moth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENT — tent S3 /tent/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: tente , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOREST — for ‧ est S2 W2 /ˈfɒrəst, ˈfɒrɪst $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CATERPILLAR — cat ‧ er ‧ pil ‧ lar /ˈkætəˌpɪlə $ -tərˌpɪlər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CATERPILLAR — Caterpillar BrE AmE ( also ˈCaterpillar ˌtrack ) noun [countable] trademark a metal belt made of short connected pieces that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TENT — n. & v. --n. 1 a portable shelter or dwelling of canvas, cloth, etc., supported by a pole or poles …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOREST — n. & v. --n. 1 a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATERPILLAR — n. 1 a the larva of a butterfly or moth. b (in general use) any similar larva of various insects. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENT — n. & v. n. 1 a portable shelter or dwelling of canvas, cloth, etc., supported by a pole or poles …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOREST — n. & v. n. 1 a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATERPILLAR — n. 1 a the larva of a butterfly or moth. b (in general use) any similar larva of various insects. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENT — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a portable shelter or dwelling of canvas, cloth, etc., supported by a pole or …
Oxford English vocab
FOREST — n. & v. --n. 1. a (often attrib.) a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth. b the trees …
Oxford English vocab
CATERPILLAR — n.1 a the larva of a butterfly or moth. b (in general use) any similar larva of various insects. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FOREST — ( forests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A forest is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATERPILLAR — ( caterpillars) A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES oxygen tent pup tent COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE big ▪ They merely pointed where …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOREST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a forest fire (= a very large fire in a forest ) ▪ Greece has …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CATERPILLAR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN track ▪ It crosses terrain that overturns other robots or stops them dead in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CATERPILLAR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In this collection, he has embraced Caterpillar work boots, done up for him in two-tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TENT — [noun] [C] - a movable shelter usually made of strong cotton, which is supported by poles and held in position …
Cambridge English vocab
FOREST — [noun] - a large area of land covered with trees and plants, usually larger than a wood, or the trees …
Cambridge English vocab
CATERPILLAR — (MACHINE PART) [noun] [C] [trademark] - (a vehicle with) an endless belt of metal plates around the sets of wheels …
Cambridge English vocab
TENT — n. tent government tent caterpillar tent structure
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOREST — n. Forest of Ardennes boreal forest Belidor Bernard Forest de Black Forest Bohemian Forest De Forest Lee national forest Petrified …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CATERPILLAR — n. Larva of a butterfly or moth . Caterpillars have a cylindrical body consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TENT — Synonyms and related words : A-tent, Ace bandage, Band-Aid, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, big top, binder, bivouac, brace, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOREST — Synonyms and related words : afforestation, afforestational, arboreous, arboretum, back country, backwoods, bed, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bosky, braky, broadcast, brush, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENT — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ camping ( AmE ) ▪ A-frame , dome , frame ( BrE ), pup ( AmE ), …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOREST — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dense , thick ▪ impenetrable ▪ deep ▪ dark ▪ native , natural ▪ national ▪ ancient …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TENT — Among the leading characteristics of the nomad races, those two have always been numbered whose origin has been ascribed to …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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