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armyworm

noun

Etymology

From army + worm.

  1. inherited from *wr̥mis✻
  2. inherited from *wurmiz✻
  3. inherited from wyrm — “worm, snake”
  4. inherited from worm
  5. compounded as armyworm — “army + worm”

Definitions

  1. The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically…

    The larva of any of the genera Spodoptera and Mythimna of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups on food crops and grasses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for armyworm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA