SPODOPTERA

Meaning of SPODOPTERA in English

spəˈdäptərə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek spodos wood ash + New Latin -ptera

: a genus of noctuid moths whose larvae are armyworms (as the fall armyworm) that include numerous economically important pests

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

FALL ARMYWORM — noun Date: 1881 a migratory American noctuid moth ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) that is destructive to grains and grasses as …
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BEET ARMYWORM — noun Date: 1902 an armyworm ( Spodoptera exigua ) that typically eats the foliage of beets, alfalfa, and vegetables
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAPHYGMA — ləˈfigmə Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, greedy attack, from laphyssein to devour, gulp down — more at lap synonym of …
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FALL ARMYWORM — noun : the larva of an American noctuid moth ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) that migrates northward as far as New …
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BEET ARMYWORM — noun : an armyworm ( Spodoptera exigua ) that eats the foliage of beets, alfalfa, and vegetables
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL ARMYWORM — Date: 1881 : a migratory American noctuid moth ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) that is destructive to grains and grasses as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEET ARMYWORM — Date: 1902 : an armyworm ( Spodoptera exigua ) that typically eats the foliage of beets, alfalfa, and vegetables
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FALL ARMYWORM — [fall armyworm] n (1881): a migratory American moth (Spodoptera frugiperda) that is esp. destructive to small grains and grasses as …
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BEET ARMYWORM — [beet armyworm] n (1902): an armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) that eats the foliage of beets, alfalfa, and vegetables
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