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can•ker•worm
Pronunciation: (kang'kur-wûrm"), [key]—
n.
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). See illus. under
geometrid. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.