cutworm 音标拼音: [k'ʌtw
, ɚm]
n . 糖蛾
糖蛾
cutworm n 1 :
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground Cutworm \
Cut "
worm `\ (-
w ?
rm `),
n . (
Zool .)
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage ,
corn ,
etc .,
usually at the ground .
Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds .
During the day ,
they conceal themselves in the earth .
The common cutworms are the larv [
ae ]
of various species of {
Agrotis }
and related genera of noctuid moths .
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Caterpillar \
Cat "
er *
pil `
lar \,
n . [
OE .
catyrpel ,
corrupted fr .
OF .
chatepelouse ,
or cate pelue ,
fr .
chate ,
F .
chatte ,
she -
cat ,
fem .
of chat ,
L .
catus L .
pilosus hairy ,
or F .
pelu hairy ,
fr .
L .
pilus hair .
See {
Cat },
and {
Pile }
hair .]
1 . (
Zool .)
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect ;
sometimes ,
but less commonly ,
the larval state of other insects ,
as the sawflies ,
which are also called false caterpillars .
The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs ,
and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (
prolegs )
armed with hooks .
Some are hairy ,
others naked .
They usually feed on leaves ,
fruit ,
and succulent vegetables ,
being often very destructive ,
Many of them are popularly called worms ,
as the {
cutworm },
{
cankerworm }, {
army worm }, {
cotton worm }, {
silkworm }.
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2 . (
Bot .)
A plant of the genus {
Scorpiurus },
with pods resembling caterpillars .
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{
Caterpillar catcher },
or {
Caterpillar eater } (
Zool .),
a bird belonging to the family of Shrikes ,
which feeds on caterpillars .
The name is also given to several other birds .
{
Caterpillar hunter } (
Zool .),
any species of beetles of the genus {
Callosoma }
and other allied genera of the family {
Carabid [
ae ]}
which feed habitually upon caterpillars .
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