palmerworm
palmerworm noun: any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
Noun
palmerworm (plural palmerworms)
- Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
- And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joel 2:25
- A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.
- If history repeats itself in the case of the palmerworm, fruit growers are not likely to encounter this insect in injurious numbers more than once in a lifetime, since in the past outbreaks have occurred only at intervals of[…]1922, Altus Lacy Quaintance, Edouard Horace Siegler, The More Important Apple Insects, page 58
Forms of palmerworm
| plural | palmerworms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | palmer-worm |
| alternative form | palmer worm |
Origin of palmerworm
From palmer + worm, because wandering about like a palmer.
Questions about palmerworm
- What does palmerworm mean?
- Palmerworm means any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
- What part of speech is palmerworm?
- Palmerworm is a noun.
- What is the plural of palmerworm?
- The plural of palmerworm is palmerworms.
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