UGLY-NEST CATERPILLAR

Meaning of UGLY-NEST CATERPILLAR in English

noun

: a gregarious caterpillar that is the larva of a tortricid moth ( Archips cerasivorana ) and that feeds chiefly on black cherry and chokecherry in northern United States and Canada and webs the leaves together into an irregular nest

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UGLY-NEST CATERPILLAR — гусеница листовёртки вишнёвой (Archips cerasivorana)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
UGLY-NEST CATERPILLAR — гусеница листовёртки вишнёвой ( Archips cerasivorana )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
NEST — Structure built by an animal as a permanent home or for bearing and rearing offspring. The social insects build systems …
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
UGLY — I. ˈəglē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English uglike, ugly frightful, unpleasing in appearance, from Old Norse uggligr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UGLY — (superl.) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Английский словарь Webster
UGLY — (superl.) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Английский словарь Webster
NEST — (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy …
Английский словарь Webster
UGLY — ( superl. ) Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss; as, an ugly rumor; an ugly customer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — ( superl. ) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — ( n. ) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — — uglily , adv. — ugliness , n. /ug"lee/ , adj., uglier, ugliest . 1. very unattractive or unpleasant to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UGLY — I. ˈə-glē adjective ( ug·li·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse uggligr, from uggr fear; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nest nest, Latin nidus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UGLY — vt to make ugly. 2. ugly ·noun a shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet. 3. ugly ·superl ill-natured; …
Webster English vocab
NEST — vi to build and occupy a nest. 2. nest ·vt to put into a nest; to form a nest for. …
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
UGLY — [ug.ly] adj ug.li.er ; -est [ME, fr. ON uggligr, fr. uggr fear; akin to ON ugga to fear] (13c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEST — [nest] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nest nest, L nidus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a bed or receptacle …
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
CATERPILLAR — larva of a butterfly or moth (Lepidoptera). Caterpillars have cylindrical bodies consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs of legs …
Britannica English vocabulary
UGLY — ugly BrE AmE ˈʌɡ li ▷ uglier ˈʌɡ li‿ə AmE \ ə r ▷ ugliest ˈʌɡ li‿ɪst əst ▷ ugliness …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEST — nest, Nest BrE AmE nest ▷ nested ˈnest ɪd -əd ▷ nesting ˈnest ɪŋ ▷ nests nests ▶ ˈ nest …
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
UGLY — / ˈʌgli; NAmE / adjective ( ug·lier , ugli·est ) 1. unpleasant to look at SYN unattractive : an ugly …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — / nest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hollow place or structure that a …
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
UGLY — ug ‧ ly S3 /ˈʌɡli/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative uglier , superlative ugliest ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — I. nest 1 /nest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . BIRDS a place made or …
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
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
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
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1 unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEST — n. & v. n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
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
UGLY — adj. (uglier, ugliest) 1. unpleasing or repulsive to see or hear (an ugly scar; spoke with an ugly snarl). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1. a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
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
UGLY — ( uglier, ugliest) 1. If you say that someone or something is ugly , you mean that they are very …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — ( nests, nesting, nested) 1. A bird’s nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in. I …
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
UGLY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an ugly/nasty rumour (= a rumour about something bad ) ▪ Ugly rumours persisted that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird builds a nest ▪ By March many birds have already built nests. …
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
UGLY — (VERY UNATTRACTIVE) [adjective] -ier, -iest - (of people, animals or things) extremely unattractiveI find a lot of modern architecture very …
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
CATERPILLAR — n. Larva of a butterfly or moth . Caterpillars have a cylindrical body consisting of 13 segments, with three pairs …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UGLY — INDEX: 1. person 2. not good-looking 3. object/building etc RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ BEAUTIFUL see also ↑ LOOK ◆◆◆ 1. …
Longman Activator English vocab
UGLY — adj. 25B6; adjective an ugly face : UNATTRACTIVE, ill-favoured, hideous, plain, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, horrible, frightful, awful, ghastly, unpleasant, vile, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEST — n. 25B6; noun the birds built a nest : ROOST, eyrie. the animals disperse rapidly from the nest : LAIR, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UGLY — adj. 1 unattractive, unlovely, unprepossessing, unsightly, hideous, grotesque, gruesome, ghastly, offensive, repulsive-looking, plain, plain-looking, plain-featured, bad-featured, ill-favoured, dreadful-looking, awful-looking, terrible-looking, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CATERPILLAR — Larva of an insect belonging to the order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Caterpillars usually have a cylindrical body, a distinct …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
UGLY — прил. 1) безобразный, уродливый ugly as a scarecrow ugly as sin Syn : plain, unattractive, unsightly Ant : attractive, beautiful …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEST — 1. сущ. 1) гнездо 2) выводок; рой; семья, колония (о птицах, насекомых и т. п.) take a nest Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATERPILLAR — сущ. 1) зоол. гусеница (червеобразная личинка личинка бабочки) 2) тех. гусеница 3) жадный человек; вымогатель, кровопийца Syn : extortioner (энтомология) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATERPILLAR — Caterpillar Inc.
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
UGLY — ugly.ogg 1. ʹʌglı n 1. разг. некрасивый человек, урод 2. 1> козырёк дамской шляпы ( XIX в. ) 2> разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NEST — nest.ogg 1. nest n 1. гнездо birds' nests - птичьи гнёзда nest of mice - мышиное гнездо 2. 1> выводок …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CATERPILLAR — caterpillar.ogg ʹkætə͵pılə n 1. энт. гусеница 2. кровопийца, паук, пиявка; паразит 3. тех. гусеничный ход caterpillar track - а) гусеничная …
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