cankerworm
cankerworm noun: either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
Noun
cankerworm (plural cankerworms)
- Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
- A corrupting or destructive force.
- O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
cankerworm meaning in Tamil
cankerworm in Tamil
- எரிபுழு
Forms of cankerworm
| plural | cankerworms |
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Origin of cankerworm
From canker + worm.
Questions about cankerworm
- What does cankerworm mean?
- Cankerworm means either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
- What is cankerworm in Tamil?
- Cankerworm in Tamil is எரிபுழு. See Cankerworm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is cankerworm?
- Cankerworm is a noun.
- What is the plural of cankerworm?
- The plural of cankerworm is cankerworms.
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