CANKERWORM

Meaning of CANKERWORM in English

■ noun the caterpillar of a North American moth that feeds on the buds and leaves of trees.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CANKERWORM — noun Date: 1530 either of two geometrid moths ( Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata ) and especially their larvae which …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CANKERWORM — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of various insect larvae that injure plants especially by feeding on buds and foliage — see …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, …
Английский словарь Webster
CANKERWORM — ( n. ) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — /kang"keuhr werrm'/ , n. the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — n. type of caterpillar; trouble, adversity
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CANKERWORM — noun Date: 1530 : either of two geometrid moths ( Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata ) and especially their larvae …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANKERWORM — noun the larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, …
Webster English vocab
CANKERWORM — [can.ker.worm] n (1530): either of two geometrid moths (Alsophila pometaria and Paleacrita vernata) and esp. their larvae which are serious …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANKERWORM — See: Locust
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — плодовый червь (общее название гусениц, повреждающих плоды) землемер (гусеница бабочки пяденицы отряда Geometridae)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANKERWORM — Плодовый червь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CANKERWORM — n 1. плодовый червь ( общее название гусениц, повреждающих плоды ) 2. землемер ( гусеница бабочки пяденицы отряда Geometridae )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CANKERWORM — (n) землемер; плодовый червь
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
CANKERWORM — n 1. плодовый червь ( общее название гусениц, повреждающих плоды ) 2. землемер ( гусеница бабочки пяденицы отряда Geometridae )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CANKERWORM — n 1. плодовый червь ( общее название гусениц, повреждающих плоды ) 2. землемер ( гусеница бабочки пяденицы отряда Geometridae )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CANKERWORM — n. плодовый червь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CANKERWORM — n. плодовый червь
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CANKERWORM — плодовый червь (общее название гусениц, повреждающих плоды) землемер (гусеница бабочки пяденицы отряда Geometridae)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CANKERWORM — n. Pronunciation: ' ka ŋ -k ə r- ˌ w ə rm Function: noun Date: 1530 : either of two …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CANKERWORM — плодовый червь
English-Russian Online Dictionary
SPRING CANKERWORM — noun : the variably colored looper larva of a widespread No. American geometrid moth ( Paleacrita vernata ) that largely …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FALL CANKERWORM — noun : a green or brown white-striped looper that is the larva of a small widespread No. American geometrid moth …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPRING CANKERWORM. — See under cankerworm . [ 1885-90, Amer. ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FALL CANKERWORM. — See under cankerworm . See illus. under geometrid .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOPER — or cankerworm or inchworm Larva of any member of a large, widespread group (mostly in the family Geometridae, with some …
Английский словарь Британика
PALEACRITA — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈakrəd.ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a genus of geometrid moths that contains the spring cankerworm
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISLEAF — transitive verb or dis·leave dəs, (ˈ)dis+ ( disleafed or disleaved ; disleafed or disleaved ; disleafing or disleaving ; disleafs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANKERED — adjective 1. a. : affected with canker b. : eaten by a cankerworm 2. : debased by slow moral corruption …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALSOPHILA — alˈsäfələ noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek alsos grove + New Latin -phila; akin to Greek aldēskein to grow — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DROPWORM — (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the …
Английский словарь Webster
CATERPILLAR — (n.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other …
Английский словарь Webster
MEASURING WORM — also called Looper, Cankerworm, or Inchworm (family Geometridae), larva of any member of a large, cosmopolitan class of moths (order …
Britannica English vocabulary

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