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: a light-colored stout-bodied European notodontid moth (Cerura vinula) whose larva feeds on poplar and willow leaves broadly : any moth of the genus Cerura

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“Puss moth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puss%20moth. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.

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