webworm

web·worm

W0076300 (wĕb′wûrm′)n. Any of various usually destructive caterpillars that construct webs.

webworm

(ˈwɛbˌwɜːm) n (Animals) US a moth species best known for its larval stage, when it spins a large web in which to eat or rest

web•worm

(ˈwɛbˌwɜrm)

n. the larva of any of several moths, which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds. [1790–1800]

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webworm - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feedfamily Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampidae - tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet mothsfall webworm, Hyphantria cunea - a variety of webwormgarden webworm, Loxostege similalis - a variety of webwormcaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth