eggar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons
    egger.

WordNet

Eg"gar noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

Webster 1913