Dictionary![]() ![]() can•ker•wormPronunciation: (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.
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