HyperDic: army_worm

English > 1 sense of the expression army worm:
NOUNanimalarmy worm, armyworm, Pseudaletia unipunctanoctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
English > army worm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningnoctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain.
Synonymsarmyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta
Member ofPseudaletia, genus Pseudaletiamoths whose larvae are armyworms / armyworms
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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