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pickleworm

pickleworm noun: diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.

Noun

pickleworm (plural pickleworms)

  1. Diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.

Forms of pickleworm

pluralpickleworms

Origin of pickleworm

From pickle + worm.

Questions about pickleworm

What does pickleworm mean?
Pickleworm means diaphania nitidalis, a crambid moth with wide triangular wings, a serious agricultural pest.
What part of speech is pickleworm?
Pickleworm is a noun.
What is the plural of pickleworm?
The plural of pickleworm is pickleworms.

Words near pickleworm in the dictionary

  1. pickletinis
  2. pickleweed
  3. pickleweeds
  4. picklewich
  5. picklewiches
  6. pickleworm
  7. pickleworms
  8. pickley
  9. pickling
  10. pickling lime
  11. pickling up

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