Found 2 items, similar to leaf roller.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: leaf roller leaf roller n : moth whose larvae form nests by rolling and tying leaves with spun silk [syn: leaf-roller]
English → English (gcide) Definition: leaf roller leafroller \leafroller\, leaf roller \leaf roller\n. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of any tortricid moth which makes a nest by rolling up the leaves of plants and tying the leaves with spun silk; aalso, the moth itself. See Tortrix. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Tortrix \Tor"trix\, n. [NL., fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricid[ae], the larv[ae] of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytal[ae]) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace. [1913 Webster]