Look up: Canker-worm

1. cankerworm
   [n] - green caterpillar of a geometrid moth
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2. Cankerworm
   Can'ker·worm` noun (Zoology) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvæ are also called cankerworms. » The autumnal...
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3. cankerworm
   noun green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
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4. Cankerworm
   • (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms.
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5. cankerworm
   cankerworm, name for two destructive inchworms, or larvae of geometrid moths. The spring cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata) and the fall cankerworm (Alsophila pometaria) are named for the seasons at which the adults emerge from underground pupation. The spring cankerworm larva overwinters as a pupa, th...
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6. Cankerworm
   The cankerworm are two destructive caterpillars - the spring cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata) and the autumn cankerworm (Also phila pometaria) - found in the USA from Maine to Texas. The eggs are laid on fruit and shade trees, and the larvae frequently destroy the foliage of whole orchards in a few d...
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