| 单词 | army worm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmy worm army worm n. chiefly North American any of several kinds of noctuid moth caterpillar often occurring in destructive swarms and attacking cereal crops and other vegetation; (also) the adult moth; cf. army cutworm n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > member of (moth) > young > destructive army worm1819 moth-borer1900 1819 D. Thomas Trav. Western Country 155 The army worm..has ravaged the meadows. 1852 J. D. B. De Bow Industr. Resources Southern & Western States I. 171 They..lay millions of eggs..and thus they increase until they deserve the name of army worm. 1995 W. Olkowski et al. Gardener's Guide Common-sense Pest Control xiii. 229 (table) Spodoptera eridania southern armyworm. S. exigua beet armyworm. S. frugiperda fall armyworm. 2009 Independent 28 Jan. 26/3 (caption) The inch-long army worms above, are clogging wells with excrement. < as lemmas |
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