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army worm

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ar⋅my⋅worm

[ahr-mee-wurm]
–noun
1. the caterpillar of a noctuid moth, Pseudaletia unipuncta, that often travels in large numbers over a region, destroying crops of wheat, corn, etc.
2. any of the larvae of several related moths having similar habits.

Origin:
1735–45, Americanism; army + worm
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army worm

noun
noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain [syn: armyworm
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