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tussock


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tussock  \Tus"sock\,  n.  [From  {Tuz}.]  [Written  also  {tussuck}.] 
  1.  A  tuft,  as  of  grass,  twigs,  hair,  or  the  like  especially, 
  a  dense  tuft  or  bunch  of  grass  or  sedge. 
 
  Such  laying  of  the  hair  in  tussocks  and  tufts. 
  --Latimer. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Same  as  {Tussock  grass},  below. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  caterpillar  of  any  one  of  numerous  species  of 
  bombycid  moths.  The  body  of  these  caterpillars  is  covered 
  with  hairs  which  form  long  tufts  or  brushes.  Some  species 
  are  very  injurious  to  shade  and  fruit  trees.  Called  also 
  {tussock  caterpillar}.  See  {Orgyia}. 
 
  {Tussock  grass}.  (Bot.) 
  a  A  tall,  strong  grass  of  the  genus  {Dactylis}  ({D. 
  c[ae]spitosa}),  valuable  for  fodder,  introduced  into 
  Scotland  from  the  Falkland  Islands. 
  b  A  tufted  grass  ({Aira  c[ae]spitosa}). 
  c  Any  kind  of  sedge  ({Carex})  which  forms  dense  tufts  in 
  a  wet  meadow  or  boggy  place 
 
  {Tussock  moth}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  imago  of  any  tussock 
  caterpillar.  They  belong  to  {Orgyia},  {Halecidota},  and 
  allied  genera. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tussock 
  n  :  a  bunch  of  hair  or  feathers  or  growing  grass  [syn:  {tuft}] 




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