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Webster 1913 Edition


Bagworm

Bag′wormˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (
Platœceticus Gloveri
) feeds on the orange tree. See
Basket worm
.

Definition 2024


bagworm

bagworm

English

Noun

bagworm (plural bagworms)

  1. A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
  2. (proscribed) Eastern tent caterpillar.
  3. Fall webworm.

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