SPRING CANKERWORM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spring cankerworm" is a kind of...):

cankerworm (green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees)

Holonyms ("spring cankerworm" is a member of...):

genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita (geometrid moths)

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