A caterpillar or other insect larva which attacks plants, esp. the buds and leaves; a cankerworm. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants (17) canker1440 A caterpillar or other insect larva which attacks plants, esp. the buds and leaves; a cankerworm. Obsolete. rukel?1440 A destructive caterpillar; a cankerworm. rare. cankerworm1530 A caterpillar that attacks buds and leaves; spec. (U.S.) the larva of either of two similar geometrid moths, Alsophila pometaria (more fully fall… canker-blossom1600 a person that destroys a blossom (figurative in context). whirl-worm1643 An insect larva destructive to plants. Obsolete. whirl1658 = whirl-worm, n. 1. Obsolete. bud-worm1850 a larva that feeds upon the buds of corn, tobacco, fir-trees, etc. stem borer1921 an insect larva that bores into plant stems. Subcategories:— rose-infesting (1) — that feeds on vines (2) — that infests currant bushes (1) — that eats witchetty bush (2) — that devours cabbage (2) — that destroys leeks (1) |
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