CANKERWORM


Meaning of CANKERWORM in English

/kang"keuhr werrm'/ , n.

the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm) . See illus. under geometrid .

[ 1520-30; CANKER + WORM ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .