cankerworm

[ kang-ker-wurm ]

/ ˈkæŋ kərˌwɜrm /

noun

the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata(spring cankerworm ) and Alsophila pometaria(fall cankerworm ).

Origin of cankerworm

First recorded in 1520–30; canker + worm

Words nearby cankerworm

canker, cankered, cankerous, cankerroot, canker sore, cankerworm, cankle, Canlit, canna, cannabidiol, cannabin

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Example sentences from the Web for cankerworm

Raupenleim: a patented sticky substance used to catch the cankerworm.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
Nearly all the common birds feed freely upon the cankerworm, and benefit the orchard in so doing.
Agriculture for Beginners|Charles William Burkett
Cankerworm, a worm which is very destructive to trees and plants.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy|Catherine Esther Beecher
Paris society, I know for a fact; has many such a cankerworm in its heart.
The Yellow Claw|Sax Rohmer

Sickness, like a cankerworm, was gnawing at her life, and dragging her towards the tomb.
Poor Folk|Fyodor Dostoyevsky

British Dictionary definitions for cankerworm

cankerworm

/ (ˈkæŋkəˌwɜːm) /

noun

the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America

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单词	cankerworm
释义	cankerworm [ kang-ker-wurm ] / ˈkæŋ kərˌwɜrm / noun the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata(spring cankerworm ) and Alsophila pometaria(fall cankerworm ). Origin of cankerworm First recorded in 1520–30; canker + worm Words nearby cankerworm canker, cankered, cankerous, cankerroot, canker sore, cankerworm, cankle, Canlit, canna, cannabidiol, cannabin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cankerworm Raupenleim: a patented sticky substance used to catch the cankerworm. Agriculture for Beginners\|Charles William Burkett Nearly all the common birds feed freely upon the cankerworm, and benefit the orchard in so doing. Agriculture for Beginners\|Charles William Burkett Cankerworm, a worm which is very destructive to trees and plants. A Treatise on Domestic Economy\|Catherine Esther Beecher Paris society, I know for a fact; has many such a cankerworm in its heart. The Yellow Claw\|Sax Rohmer Sickness, like a cankerworm, was gnawing at her life, and dragging her towards the tomb. Poor Folk\|Fyodor Dostoyevsky British Dictionary definitions for cankerworm cankerworm / (ˈkæŋkəˌwɜːm) / noun the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America 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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