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Webster 1913 Edition


Cutworm

Cut′wormˊ

(-w?rmˊ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of
Agrotis
and related genera of noctuid moths.

Definition 2024


cutworm

cutworm

English

Noun

cutworm (plural cutworms)

  1. the larva of any of many moths ,of the family Noctuidae, that is an agricultural pest

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