Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of one of many insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the
cankerworm orinchworm . Seeinchworm andgeometrid .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
larva of anygeometrid moth , which drops fromtrees by means of athread ofsilk , such as thecankerworm .
Etymologies
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drop + worm
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