ARMY WORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does army worm mean? 

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

1. noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMY WORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

army worm; armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta

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

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

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

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)