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1. (n.) cankerworm
the striped green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of trees.
Etymology: (1520–30)
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1. (noun) cankerworm
green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
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1. (noun) cankerworm
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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