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browntail moth definition

brown·tail· moth (bro̵un′tāl′)

a white moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) whose larvae are harmful to trees and cause an irritating skin rash
also brown-tail moth brown′·-tail′· moth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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