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cutworm
CIDE DICTIONARY
cutworm, n.
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cutworm, n. any of various caterpillars that eat through the stems of young plants level with the ground.
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