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eggar

eg·gar [ éggər ] (plural eg·gars) or eg·ger [ éggər ] (plural eg·gers)


noun 
Definition:
 
moth with an egg-shaped cocoon: a moth with a brown body and wings whose larvae spin egg-shaped cocoons in the branches of trees. Family Lasiocampidae.

[Early 18th century. Probably because of its egg-shaped cocoon]
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