cutworm

English

Etymology

cut +‎ worm, from the habit of eating through the stem of plants, or possibly from cutty (“short”)

Noun

cutworm (plural cutworms)

  1. The larva of any of many moths of the family Noctuidae; it is an agricultural pest.

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