单词 | cutworm |
释义 | cutwormn. A caterpillar which cuts off by the surface of the ground the young plants of cabbage, melons, maize, etc.; esp. in U.S., the larvæ of species of Agrotis, a genus of moths. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Noctuidae > genus Agrotis (dart-moths) > member of > caterpillar cutworm1808 slug1868 1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Cutworm, a small white grub, which destroys coleworts and other vegetables of this kind, by cutting through the stem near the roots. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. v. 177 No patching after the cut-worm, or brown-grub. 1883 Cassell's Nat. Hist. vi. 30 Perhaps the most formidable of all [caterpillars] are those called ‘cutworms’ in America, which live beneath the surface of the ground, and eat through the roots of plants. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1808 |
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