Budworm

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various moth caterpillars.

    "After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years."

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"After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years."

Etymology

From bud + worm.

Related phrases

lesser budwormspruce budwormtobacco budwormwestern spruce budworm

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