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Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To canker.

Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..

Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..

Cankerworm :: 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..

Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.

Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.

Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.

Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..

Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..

Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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