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Tent Caterpillar

Definition: Tent Caterpillar

Tent Caterpillar

Noun

1. The larvae of moths that build communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees.

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Crosswords: Tent Caterpillar

English words defined with "tent caterpillar": forest tent caterpillarLackey caterpillar. (references)

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Modern Usage: Tent Caterpillar

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Forest Tent Caterpillar (1956)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tent Caterpillar

Illustrations:
Tent Caterpillar

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Expression: Tent Caterpillar

Expression using "tent caterpillar": forest tent caterpillar. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tent Caterpillar

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

forest tent caterpillar

37
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Modern Translations: Tent Caterpillar

Language Translations for "tent caterpillar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ringspinder (lackey moth, ring spinner). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ringelrupsvlinder (lackey moth), ringelrups (lackey moth). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tarharengaskehrääjä (lackey moth). (various references)

   

French

  

bombyx neustrien, bombyx livrée. (various references)

   

German

  

Ringelspinner (lackey moth), Ringelspinder (lackey moth). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βόμβυξ των πυρηνοκάρπων (lackey moth). (various references)

   

Italian

  

malacosoma (lackey moth), campe del mandorlo (lackey moth), bombice gallonato (lackey moth). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enttay aterpillarcay

   

Spanish

  

oruga de librea (lackey moth), mariposa de neustria (lackey moth). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ringspinnare (lackey moth). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Tent Caterpillar

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Malacosoma neustria. (various references)

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Anagrams: Tent Caterpillar

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-i-l-l-n-p-r-r-t-t-t"

-4 letters: caterpillar, centripetal, intercalate.

-5 letters: alliterate, altarpiece, cantillate, carnallite, carpellate, epicentral, intraplate, parenteral, penetralia, rattletrap, repatriate, retractile, retreatant, tetracaine, triacetate, trilateral.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tent Caterpillar


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 6E 74      43 61 74 65 72 70 69 6C 6C 61 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110010 01110000 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100001 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#110 &#116 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#112 &#105 &#108 &#108 &#97 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 006E 0074      0043 0061 0074 0065 0072 0070 0069 006C 006C 0061 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5471808623767867184827578786784

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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