gipsy moth

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noun

a European moth, Lymantria dispar, introduced into North America, where it is a serious pest of shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae)See also tussock moth

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Words nearby gipsy moth

gip, gipon, Gippsland, gippy, gipsy, gipsy moth, gipsywort, giraffe, Giraldus Cambrensis, girandole, Girard

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How to use gipsy moth in a sentence

Blanche was a fragile white moth beating against the unbreakable sides of a 1000 watt bulb.
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Thomas Harris tipped his hat to Fowles in The Silence of the Lambs when he created the moth-loving antagonist Jame Gumb.
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For a contemporary manifestation of this moth-eaten brand of tyranny, look no further than Hamas-ruled Gaza.
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What does it mean for a Chinese tiger, stuffed by the English, to be left as moth-food today?
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For she was obviously in her right and natural setting, a creature of the wilds, a gipsy in her own home.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
The (p. 325) moth, whose egg produces these larv, is a large white miller of unusual size and prolificness.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
A king of each tribe is annually elected, to whom his people are obedient, something in the way of the gipsy monarchy.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
Oh, yes; that ramshackle place near the swamp, with the gipsy-looking people hanging about.
Summer|Edith Wharton
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various