leafworm

See also: leaf-worm

English

Alternative forms

• leaf worm, leaf-worm

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *leefworm, *lefwurm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”), equivalent to leaf +‎ worm.

Noun

leafworm (plural leafworms)

1. Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• African cotton leafworm ()
• cotton leafworm (, )

• cotton leafworm moth ()
• Egyptian cotton leafworm ()
• oriental leafworm moth ()

Translations

type of caterpillar

• Catalan: eruga (ca) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• leafworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia