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For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
Edward Abbey

Meaning of "cutworm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CUTWORM

cutworm  [ˈkʌtˌwɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUTWORM

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Cutworm is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CUTWORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cutworm

Cutworm

Cutworms are not worms, biologically speaking, but caterpillars; they are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it down; hence the name cutworm.

Definition of cutworm in the English dictionary

The definition of cutworm in the dictionary is the caterpillar of various noctuid moths, esp those of the genus Argrotis, which is a pest of young crop plants in North America.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CUTWORM


bloodworm
ˈblʌdˌwɜːm
bollworm
ˈbəʊlˌwɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
catworm
ˈkætˌwɜːm
earthworm
ˈɜːθˌwɜːm
earworm
ˈɪəˌwɜːm
flatworm
ˈflætˌwɜːm
heartworm
ˈhɑːtˌwɜːm
hookworm
ˈhʊkˌwɜːm
jointworm
ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜːm
maltworm
ˈmɔːltˌwɜːm
mealworm
ˈmiːlˌwɜːm
pinworm
ˈpɪnˌwɜːm
ringworm
ˈrɪŋˌwɜːm
rootworm
ˈruːtˌwɜːm
roundworm
ˈraʊndˌwɜːm
sandworm
ˈsændˌwɜːm
silkworm
ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm
tapeworm
ˈteɪpˌwɜːm
wheatworm
ˈwiːtˌwɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CUTWORM

cutting
cutting board
cutting compound
cutting edge
cutting grass
cutting horse
cutting room
cutting-edge
cutting-out scissors
cuttingly
cuttle
cuttlebone
cuttlefish
cutty
cutty grass
Cutty Sark
cutty stool
cutwater
cutwork
cuvette

WORDS THAT END LIKE CUTWORM

army worm
bagworm
cankerworm
corn earworm
deworm
fishworm
glow-worm
Guinea worm
hornworm
inchworm
lindworm
lungworm
pillworm
threadworm
tube worm
webworm
whipworm
white worm
woodworm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of cutworm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cutworm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CUTWORM

Find out the translation of cutworm to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cutworm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cutworm» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

地老虎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cutworm
570 millions of speakers

English

cutworm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cutworm
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدودة القارضة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

совки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lagarta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শোঁয়ালোকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ver gris
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cutworm
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cutworm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ネキリムシ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cutworm
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cutworm
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cutworm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cutworm
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कटवाट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cutworm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cutworm
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cutworm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

совки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cutworm
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cutworm
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snywurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cutworm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cutworm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cutworm

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cutworm

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QUOTES WITH «CUTWORM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cutworm.
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Edward Abbey
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUTWORM»

Discover the use of cutworm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cutworm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gardener's Guide to Common-sense Pest Control
William Olkowski. Table 13.2 Some Important Damaging Cutworm Species The Pocket Gopher Pocket gophers are burrowing rodents with fur-lined. Chapter 13: Garden Pests Cutworms You should suspect cutworms (the larvae of mothsl ...
William Olkowski, 1995
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Pests of the West: Prevention and Control for Today's Garden ...
stage of the army cutworm is the infamous miller moth of the High Plains and eastern Rockies. Life History and Habits: The eggs of the army cutworm are laid in late summer and early fall, particularly in areas of dense growth. They hatch ...
Whitney Cranshaw, 1998
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Pale Western Cutworm: Porosagrotis Orthogonia Morr. (1921)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
John Robert Parker, August Leroy Strand, Howard Loomis Seamans, 2010
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American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North ...
Tribe Agrotini Agrotis Ochsenheimer Twenty-nine species, the following of which are pests: A. orthogonia Morrison (Pale Western Cutworm Moth). Wingspan: 30- 35 mm. Brownish gray with dark markings. Larvae feed on many plants. (1) IL; (4)  ...
Ross H. Arnett, Jr., 2000
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Thesaurus of Agricultural Organisms
... Carex lessoniana cutworm, army (E) see Euxoa auxiliaris cutworm, black (E) see Agrotis ipsilon cutworm, bristly (E) see Lacinipolia renigera cutworm, brown ( E) see Agrotis munda cutworm, climbing (E) see Heliothis punctigera cutworm, ...
Derwent Publications, 1990
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New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
Efficiency. of. insecticides. for. greasy. cutworm. control. Table 1 Predicted total survival rates (P *) of plants,. M. G. HILL D. J. ALLAN Entomology Division, DSIR Private Bag, Auckland, New Zealand J. H. MAINDONALD Applied Mathematics ...
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Physiological Impact of a Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxin on ...
Larvae of the black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel, were more susceptible to infection by Agrotis ipsilon multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AgipMNPV) after feeding on HerculexRTM I, a transgenic corn hybrid expressing Cry1Fa2 compared to ...
Nina Richtman Schmidt, 2009
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural ...
DISCUSSION Banded granular applications of isazophos at planting were shown to successfully reduce levels of cutworm damage to establishing maize. This insecticide has also given worthwhile results against other pests of seedling maize ...
9
Handbook of Vegetable Pests
Army Cutworm, Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote) Armyworm, Pseudaletia unipunctata ( Haworth) Bean Leafskeletonizer, Autoplusia egena (Guenee) Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hiibner) Bertha Armyworm, Mamestra configuratei Walker ...
John L. Capinera, 2001
10
Integrated Pest Management for Alfalfa Hay
Although a number of cutworm species may occur in California alfalfa fields, the variegated cutworm, Peridroma saucia, is the most common. Description and Seasonal Development Injurious populations are usually seen in the Central Valley ...
University of California Integrated Pest Management Program, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUTWORM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cutworm is used in the context of the following news items.
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The bear necessities are not created equal
Meanwhile, the future for Army cutworm moths, which migrate to the mountains from agricultural fields hundreds of miles away, is less than ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
2
SWD, cereal leaf beetles join year's pest list
Moths of the annual western bean cutworm flight were caught, starting in the third week of June, in pheromone traps in Columbia, Sauk and ... «Wisfarmer, Jul 15»
3
Alert: cutworm development accelerating
Growers are warned that recent warm conditions will have allowed cutworm larvae, which later develop into turnip moths, to develop rapidly. «Horticulture Week, Jul 15»
4
Central Michigan field crop regional report – July 2, 2015
Western bean cutworm traps were set out last week. Second cutting alfalfa harvest is underway with good yields reported. There are still a few ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»
5
Mid-season insect pests and disease
Corn insects we may see in July are European corn borer and new to northern Ohio the Western bean cutworm. See your Corn, Soybean, ... «Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Jul 15»
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Keep a record of your summer crops
And now you can tell a cutworm from a beetle. Learning such things is part of the art of being a gardener. And this is the time of year when ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
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EAMU update: Clayton Lanark for the protection of outdoor beetroot
Use: as an insecticide on beetroot for the control of cutworm and Silver Y moth caterpillars (Autographa gamma). Applications should made ... «Horticulture Week, Jun 15»
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The Presque Isle County Extension office will begin to put out pheromone traps to monitor western bean cutworm movement in fields in the ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jun 15»
9
BioBlitz weekend of knowledge
They eat lots of insects too, such as army cutworm moths. Though the moths can be found in other high-mountain locations, grizzlies appear to ... «Powell Tribune, Jun 15»
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Watch for Armyworms in Cereal Rye Cover Crops
Ditto for black cutworm, wireworms and grubs. These early season pests can be treated in-furrow with 3 to 4 ounces per acre of bifenthrin. «Agriculture.com, Jun 15»

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