cutworm

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
    — I listened while they discussed putting stove ash at the base of tomato plants to keep off cutworms or Mama bragged on how fast I was learning to read.

词形变化

cutworms plural

词源

From cut + worm, from the habit of eating through the stem of plants, or possibly from cutty (“short”).
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