| 单词 | corn earworm |
| 释义 | corn earworm[ kawrn-eer-wurm ] / ˈkɔrn ˌɪər wɜrm / nounthe larva of a cosmopolitan noctuid moth, Heliothis zea, that is highly destructive to crops, especially corn, cotton, and tomato. Also called earworm, bollworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm. Origin of corn earwormAn Americanism dating back to 1795–1805 Words nearby corn earwormcorneal layer, corneal margin, corneal reflex, corneal space, corneal staphyloma, corn earworm, corned, Corneille, cornel, Cornelia, Cornelia de Lange's syndrome Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for corn earwormcorn earworm nounUS the larva of the noctuid moth Heliothis armigera, which feeds on maize and many other crop plantsSee also bollworm Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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