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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..

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

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

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

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..

Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..

Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..

Erosion :: Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

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

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

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..

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

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..

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

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 (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..

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

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

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