cutworm
剪刀虫,剪切虫,剪刀鱼,割裂虫
Definitions
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- : the caterpillar of any of several noctuid moths, which feeds at night on the stems of young plants, cutting them off at the ground.
Examples
Because this food source could abruptly disappear at any time, cutworm moths cannot be counted on to replace pine nuts.
And, always, global warming could push the cutworm moths north, out of the park, by heating up the region.
Army cutworm moths, another major grizzly food source, summer in high elevation talus fields.
No cutworm shall get a blighty one from our cherished baccy pouch.
If a cutworm chances to be fenced in, he will show himself by cutting off a plant.
One that he specially likes is the cutworm, which has a bad way of biting off young plants.
Two caterpillar enemies of cotton, the cotton worm and the cotton cutworm, are eaten by the upland plover and killdeer.
No, let the cutworm work his will, and let the brown-tailed moth corrupt; I must take refuge in flight, however inglorious.