English Explanatory Dictionary

cankerworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
  2. A corrupting or destructive force.

Word forms

cankerworm cankerworms

Etymology

From canker + worm.

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