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cankerworm Definition

canker·worm (-wʉrm′)

noun

☆ any of several larvae of geometrid moths that are harmful to fruit and shade trees, esp. the spring cankerworm (Paleacrita vernata) that feeds on fruit and foliage

cankerworm Quotes

   And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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