browntail
noun
a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
Also called brown·tail.
Origin:
1775–85
1775–85
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| brown-tail moth | |
| —n | |
| See also tussock moth a small brown-and-white European moth, Euproctis phaeorrhoea, naturalized in the eastern US where it causes damage to shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae) | |
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