ARMY CUTWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does army cutworm mean? 

• ARMY CUTWORM (noun)
  The noun ARMY CUTWORM has 1 sense:

1. larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states

  Familiarity information: ARMY CUTWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMY CUTWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

army cutworm; Chorizagrotis auxiliaris

Hypernyms ("army cutworm" is a kind of...):

cutworm (North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground)

Holonyms ("army cutworm" is a member of...):

Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis (moths whose larvae are army cutworms)