Basket worm
| (Zool.) | a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, esp. Thyridopteryx ephemeræformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. |
See also: Basket
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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