ARMYWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does armyworm mean? 

• ARMYWORM (noun)
  The noun ARMYWORM has 3 senses:

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

2. moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes

3. larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted

  Familiarity information: ARMYWORM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMYWORM (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 ("armyworm" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("armyworm" is a member of...):

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

armyworm; Pseudaletia unipuncta

Hypernyms ("armyworm" is a kind of...):

noctuid; noctuid moth; owlet moth (usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests)

Holonyms ("armyworm" is a member of...):

genus Pseudaletia; Pseudaletia (moths whose larvae are armyworms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("armyworm" is a kind of...):

fungus gnat; sciara; sciarid (minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings)