lappet : Idioms & Phrases

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lappet caterpillar

  • noun larva of a lappet moth
WordNet

Lappet moth

  • noun medium-sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars
    lappet.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), one of several species of bombycid moths, which have stout, hairy caterpillars, flat beneath. Two common American species (Gastropacha Americana, and Tolype velleda) feed upon the apple tree.
Webster 1913