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leafworm

leafworm noun: a caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.

Noun

leafworm (plural leafworms)

  1. A caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.

Forms of leafworm

pluralleafworms
alternative formleaf worm
alternative formleaf-worm

Origin of leafworm

From Middle English leyf worme, lef-worme, from Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”). By surface analysis, leaf + worm.

Words formed from leafworm

  • African cotton leafworm
  • cotton leafworm
  • cotton leafworm moth
  • Egyptian cotton leafworm
  • oriental leafworm moth

Questions about leafworm

What does leafworm mean?
Leafworm means a caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.
What part of speech is leafworm?
Leafworm is a noun.
What is the plural of leafworm?
The plural of leafworm is leafworms.

Words near leafworm in the dictionary

  1. leafwise
  2. leafwork
  3. leafworker
  4. leafworkers
  5. leafworks
  6. leafworm
  7. leafworms
  8. leafy
  9. leafy goosefoot
  10. leafy goosefoots
  11. leafy greens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leafworm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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