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Bagworm

Bagworm \Bag"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species ( Plat[oe]ceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm.

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bagworm

n. 1 A member of the family ''(taxlink Psychidae family noshow=1)'' of the Lepidoptera. 2 (context proscribed English) eastern tent caterpillar#English. 3 fall webworm#English.

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Near the huge gash was… tree disease… some sort of brownish lumpy sac up in the branches, such as you see in trees infested by bagworms, and there were yellowish curds on the branches around it, as if the disease had caused the sap to ooze out and fester and congeal—except that it couldn't be sap because it was streaked with blood.