NOUN | animal | cutworm | North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground |
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Sounds | kah'twer.m | |
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Rhymes | affirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... |
Meaning | North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground. | |
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Member of | Noctuidae, family Noctuidae | cutworms |
Narrower | army cutworm, Chorizagrotis auxiliaris | larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states |
Broader | caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
Spanish | gusano cortador |
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