ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun
: a predominantly black gregarious caterpillar with a yellow thorax, yellow longitudinal stripes, and a covering of white hairs down each side that is the larva of a handmaid moth ( Datana ministra ) and that is often a destructive defoliator of fruit and other deciduous trees and shrubs