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Meanings of gypsy moth in English
Portuguese
mariposa-cigana 
European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees.
Synonyms
Examples for "gipsy moth"
Examples for "gipsy moth"
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You may be like the gipsy moth.
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Every spring since then the Gipsy Moth Commission has been at work.
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The Massachusetts Assembly has made its annual appropriation for the destruction of the Gipsy moth.
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The Gipsy Moth and How to Control It.
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The history of the introduction of the Gipsy moth into this country is a somewhat curious one.
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The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L., is one of the most destructive forest pests in the world.
Usage of gypsy moth in English
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He consulted a standdard work to learn more about the gypsy moth.
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The gypsy moth spread with alarming rapidity and persistence.
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I only met him down east when he came to chase the gypsy moth in Gilead.
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The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar L., is one of the most destructive forest pests in the world.
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The spread of this pest has been retarded, but the gypsy moth never will be wholly stamped out.
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In sections exposed to chestnut blight or gypsy moth infection, it is advisable to remove the chestnut and birch trees before they are damaged seriously.
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Unable to afford a state-of-the-art plane, he'd settled for a used 1925 Gypsy Moth.
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Gypsy moths arrived in 1983 and have since ravaged considerable acreages of oaks and hickories.
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She chose Gypsy Moth as a tribute to the Tiger Moth aeroplane used in her skydiving pastime.
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He tried to make a flight in the Emperor's favorite airplane, a Gypsy Moth, but the plane crashed and was ruined.
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Gypsy Moth III, the yacht made immortal by the late Sir Francis Chichester, sailed into Galway harbour this week for a very distinguished occasion.
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The New Yorker, June 29, 1981 P. 25 A friend who lives in the country comments on gypsy moths.
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Born Margaret Wilson, she changed her name to Margaret Gypsy Moth because, as a feminist, she wanted to have a name that was her own.
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How was I to know he was hunting gypsy moths and other winged beasts when I saw him bending over bushes in our berry patch?