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Processionary   Listen
adjective
Processionary  adj.  Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service.
Processionary moth (Zool.), any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially Cnethocampa processionea of Europe, whose larvae make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular order. They are covered with stinging hairs.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Processionary" Quotes from Famous Books



... story of the Processionary of the Pine, {30} whose habits I have related elsewhere. When the caterpillars leave the silk pouch, to go and browse at night, and also when they enter it again, they never fail to spin a little on the surface of their nest. Each expedition ...
— The Life of the Spider • J. Henri Fabre



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