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A octomaculata

Forester \For"est*er\, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]

  1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

  2. An inhabitant of a forest.
    --Wordsworth.

  3. A forest tree. [R.]
    --Evelyn.

  4. (Zo["o]l.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester ( A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.