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Cutworm   /kˈətwˌərm/   Listen
Cutworm

noun
1.
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground.



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"Cutworm" Quotes from Famous Books



... the destructive work?' Well, you can tell partly by the work done, and partly by seeing the insect itself. This latter thing is not always so easy to accomplish. I had cutworms one season and never saw one. I saw only the work done. If stalks of tender plants are cut clean off be pretty sure the cutworm is abroad. What does he look like? Well, that is a hard question because his family is a large one. Should you see sometime a grayish striped caterpillar, you may know it is a cutworm. But because ...
— The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. • Ellen Eddy Shaw


Words linked to "Cutworm" :   Noctuidae, family Noctuidae, caterpillar, Chorizagrotis auxiliaris, army cutworm


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