tussock
/ˈtʌsək/noun
1
- a small area of grass that is thicker or longer than the grass growing around it（比周围草高的）草丛, 草簇。
2
- （亦作Tussock moth）a woodland moth whose adults and brightly coloured caterpillars both bear tufts of irritant hairs. The caterpillars can be a pest of trees, damaging fruit and stripping leaves.毒蛾。
2.1
- Family Lymantriidae: many genera.毒蛾科：多属。
派生词
tussocky
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: perhaps an alteration of dialect tusk 'tuft', of unknown origin.