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Definition of cankerworm

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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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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..

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

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..

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