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cabbage loopers

cabbage loopers is the plural of cabbage looper.

Meaning of cabbage looper

Noun

cabbage looper (plural cabbage loopers)

  1. Trichoplusia ni, a widespread noctuid moth which in its caterpillar stage is an important crop pest.
    • The cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni (Hbn.)) is an example of a caterpillar that feeds more or less exposed on the plant, in contrast to cutworms and borers, which are usually not seen.1948 January, Charles Adolph Weigel, Lynn Garfield Baumhofer, Handbook on Insect Enemies of Flowers and Shrubs, U.S. Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No. 626, page 3

Questions about cabbage loopers

What is cabbage loopers the plural of?
Cabbage loopers is the plural of cabbage looper.

Words near cabbage loopers in the dictionary

  1. cabbage head
  2. cabbage heads
  3. cabbage lettuce
  4. cabbage lettuces
  5. cabbage looper
  6. cabbage loopers
  7. cabbage moth
  8. cabbage moths
  9. Cabbage Night
  10. Cabbage Nights
  11. cabbage on a stick

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