Usually means: Larvae of moths, form tents.
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  1. tent caterpillar: Merriam-Webster
  2. tent caterpillar: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tent caterpillar: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tent caterpillar: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tent caterpillar: Vocabulary.com
  6. tent caterpillar: Wordnik
  7. tent caterpillar: Wiktionary
  8. tent caterpillar: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. tent caterpillar: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. tent caterpillar: Dictionary.com
  11. Tent caterpillar: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tent caterpillar: Rhymezone
  13. tent caterpillar: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tent caterpillar: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (tent caterpillar)

noun:  (entomology) A larva belonging to any of a number of species of moths of the genus Malacosoma, known for destructive infestation of trees in which the leaves are consumed and prominent, silken tent-like structures are constructed in the branches.

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