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egger

[eg-er]

noun

tent caterpillar.

Origin:
1695–1705; egg¹ + -er¹; the cocoon is egg-shaped

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egger or eggar (ˈɛɡə)

—n
	any of various widely distributed moths of the family Lasiocampidae, such as Lasiocampa quercus (oak egger) of Europe, having brown bodies and wings

[C18: from egg¹, from the egg-shaped cocoon]

eggar or eggar

—n

[C18: from egg¹, from the egg-shaped cocoon]

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