CUTWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cutworm mean? 

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

1. North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUTWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cutworm"):

army cutworm; Chorizagrotis auxiliaris (larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states)

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

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)