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budworm

budworm noun: any of various moth caterpillars.

Noun

budworm (plural budworms)

  1. Any of various moth caterpillars.
    • After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years.2007 January 21, The Associated Press, “Adirondacks Are His Life, All 101 Years and Counting”, in New York Times

Forms of budworm

pluralbudworms

Origin of budworm

From bud + worm.

Words formed from budworm

Questions about budworm

What does budworm mean?
Budworm means any of various moth caterpillars.
What part of speech is budworm?
Budworm is a noun.
What is the plural of budworm?
The plural of budworm is budworms.

Words near budworm in the dictionary

  1. Budweisers
  2. Budwig
  3. Budwig protocol
  4. budwood
  5. budwoods
  6. budworm
  7. budworms
  8. Budworth
  9. budyonovka
  10. budyonovkas
  11. Budz

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