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egger

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egg⋅er

  [eg-er]
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–noun
tent caterpillar.
Origin:
1695–1705; egg 1 + -er 1 ; the cocoon is egg-shaped
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eg·ger also eg·gar   (ěg'ər)   
n.  Any of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, whose larvae often construct tentlike webs among the branches of trees.

[From the shape of its cocoon.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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