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webworm

[ web-wurm ]

noun

  1. the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea fall webworm or Loxostege similalis garden webworm, which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of webworm1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; web + worm

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Example Sentences

In nests of webworm and beaten from bushes of bayberry, Myrica cerifera, along edge of pine woods (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

Chorisoneura texensis has been found in nests of webworm in Florida (Rehn and Hebard, 1916).

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