gypsy moth
gypsy moth
nounDefinition of GYPSY MOTH
: an Old World tussock moth (Lymantria dispar) that was introduced about 1869 into the United States and has a grayish-brown mottled hairy caterpillar which is a destructive defoliator of many trees
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1819
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