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palmerworm
palm·er·worm P0029700 (pä′mər-wûrm′)n. Any of several caterpillars that feed on the leaves of fruit trees, such as the small green caterpillar of the North American moth Dichomeris ligulella. [From palmer (the caterpillars perhaps being so called because they were thought to move about constantly like palmers on pilgrimage).]palm•er•worm (ˈpɑ mərˌwɜrm) n. the larva of a moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of fruit trees. [1550–60]
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