processionary
/prəˈsɛʃ(ə)n(ə)ri
/noun (also processionary moth) (plural processionaries)
1A greyish moth whose caterpillars live communally in silken tents in trees, marching out at night in procession to feed, causing substantial damage.
- Family Thaumetopoeidae: several species, in particular the European pine processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa).
1.1 (also processionary caterpillar) The larva of the processionary moth.
- antisepsis
- antiseptic
- antiseptically
- antiserum
- anti-slavery
- antisocial
- antisocially
- antispasmodic
- anti-static
- Antisthenes
- antistrophe
- antisymmetric
- anti-tank
- antiterror
- antiterrorism
- antiterrorist
- anti-tetanus
- antithesis
- antithetic
- antithetical
- antithetically
- antitoxic
- antitoxin
- antitrades
- antitrade winds