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puss moth

noun

  1. a large pale prominent moth, Cerura vinula, whose larvae feed on willow and poplar, and are bright green with a masklike red head and claspers modified as "tails" that are protruded and raised in a state of alarm: family Notodontidae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Or the puss-moth (Cerura Vinula) pierce the walls of its house of glue and wood, which scarcely yield to the knife?

The larva of the puss moth employs in the construction of its shell the wood of the tree on which it has lived.

Sall′ow-kitt′en, a kind of puss-moth; Sall′ow-moth, a British moth of a pale-yellow colour; Sall′owness.

The oddly-marked caterpillar of the Puss Moth carries the same plan of campaign to a much more artistic pitch.

The larva of the Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) is very common upon poplar and willow.

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