单词 | armyworm |
释义 | armyworm (once / 2363863 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY armyworm: armyworms USAGE EXAMPLESLow rainfall amounts and low seed germination have pushed bugs, like the voracious beet armyworm, from the California hillsides into agricultural fields. The Verge(May 01, 2015) Grasshoppers, gnats and armyworms attract rodents which in turn attract raptors. BBC(Nov 06, 2013) Crop fields across much of Zimbabwe have been hit by a swarm of highly destructive Armyworm caterpillars that quickly devour plants and leave fields barren. BBC(Jan 21, 2013) 1 1n noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain Syn|Hyper Pseudaletia unipuncta, army worm caterpillar a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth 2n moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes 2Syn|Hyper Pseudaletia unipuncta noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests n larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted Hyper fungus gnat, sciara, sciarid minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings |
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