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CUTWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cutworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutworm"):
army cutworm; Chorizagrotis auxiliaris (larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states)
Holonyms ("cutworm" is a member of...):
family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)
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