cutworm

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cutworm (plural cutworms)

1. The larva of any of many moths of the family Noctuidae; it is an agricultural pest.

Translations

larva

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地蠶／地蚕 (zh) (dìcán), 地蚕 (zh) (dìcán)

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• Finnish: toukka (fi)
• Hawaiian: ʻenuhe hele pō

References

• cutworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia