About The Word Orgyia
Learn about the word Orgyia to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Orgyia definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Orgyia
| Orgyia Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Orgyia?Synonyms | Synonyms for Orgyia: Related Terms | Find terms related to Orgyia: See Also | Orgyia In Webster's Dictionary \Or*gy"i*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? the length of the
outstretched arms. So named because, when at rest, it
stretches forward its fore legs like arms.] (Zo["o]l.).
A genus of bombycid moths whose caterpillars (esp. those of
{Orgyia leucostigma}) are often very injurious to fruit trees
and shade trees. The female is wingless. Called also {vaporer
moth}.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Folding door ‐ an interior door that opens by folding back in sections (rather…
- Diethel ether ‐ a colorless volatile highly inflammable liquid used as an inhalation…
- Visceral brain ‐ a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain…
- Pruning ‐ the act of trimming a plant [n] something that has been pruned…
- Manual ‐ (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle [n] a small…
- Ancylose ‐ undergo ankylosis; of joints [v] produce ankylosis…
- Lafayette ‐ a university town in west central Indiana on the Wabash River…
- Entrenching tool ‐ a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for…
- Crime wave ‐ a sudden rise in the…
- Half-light ‐ a grayish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim…