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egger

Noun

egg=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

egger(n = noun.animal) eggar - moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons; Array

is a kind of lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth

is a member of genus lasiocampa, lasiocampa

egger, n. [See Egg, n.].

One who gathers eggs; an eggler. [1913 Webster]

egger, n. [See Egg, v. t.].

One who eggs or incites. [1913 Webster]

egger, n. (also eggar) any of various large moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp. Lasiocampa quercus, with an egg-shaped cocoon.

Etymology

prob. f. EGG(1) + -ER(1)

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