fall cankerworm
noun
See under cankerworm.
Words nearby fall cankerworm
fall back,
fall back on,
fall behind,
fall between the cracks,
fall by the wayside,
fall cankerworm,
fall down,
fall flat,
fall for,
fall from grace,
fall front
Definition for fall cankerworm (2 of 2)
cankerworm
[ kang-ker-wurm ]
/ ˈkæŋ kərˌwɜrm /
noun
the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm).
British Dictionary definitions for fall cankerworm
cankerworm
/ (ˈkæŋkəˌwɜːm) /
noun
the larva of either of two geometrid moths, Paleacrita vernata or Alsophila pometaria, which feed on and destroy fruit and shade trees in North America