HyperDic: cutworm

English > 1 sense of the word cutworm:
NOUNanimalcutwormNorth American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
cutworm > pronunciation
Soundskah'twer.m
Rhymesaffirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm...
English > cutworm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningNorth American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground.
Member ofNoctuidae, family Noctuidaecutworms
Narrowerarmy cutworm, Chorizagrotis auxiliarislarvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
Spanishgusano cortador

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