Bagworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bagworm \Bag"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]