brown-tail moth

[ broun-teyl ]

/ ˈbraʊnˌteɪl /

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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.

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Also called browntail .

Origin of brown-tail moth

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby brown-tail moth

brown study, brown study, in a, brown sugar, Brownsville, Brown Swiss, brown-tail moth, brown thrasher, brown toast, brown trout, Brown versus Board of Education, brown water

How to use brown-tail moth in a sentence

There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
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They became so brown and shriveled that they looked like walking beef jerky with New York accents.
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The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
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"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.
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British Dictionary definitions for brown-tail moth

brown-tail moth

noun

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)See also tussock moth

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