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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
eggar /ˈɛgə/

▶noun a large brownish moth which is often active during the day. [Lasiocampa quercus (oak eggar) and other species.]

– origin C18: prob. from egg1 (from the shape of the moth's cocoons) + -er1.

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