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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALMER WORM

Originally applied to various destructive caterpillars of migratory habits.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PALMER WORM

palmer worm play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALMER WORM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Palmer worm 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 PALMER WORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of palmer worm in the English dictionary

The definition of palmer worm in the dictionary is the hairy black and white caterpillar of the goldtail moth.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALMER WORM

palmatifid
palmation
palmatipartite
palmatisect
palmcorder
Palme
palmer
Palmer Archipelago
Palmer Land
Palmer Peninsula
Palmer-Tomkinson
Palmerston
Palmerston North
palmette
palmetto
Palmetto State
palmful
palmhouse
palmie
palmier

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALMER WORM

acorn worm
African army worm
army worm
bladder worm
bristle worm
caddis worm
fall army worm
fan worm
Guinea worm
horsehair worm
measuring worm
mopani worm
nematode worm
palolo worm
ribbon worm
stomach worm
tongue worm
tube worm
vinegar worm
white worm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of palmer worm in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «palmer worm» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALMER WORM

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

Translator English - Chinese

帕虫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

palmer worm
570 millions of speakers

English

palmer worm
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पामर कीड़ा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بالمر دودة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Палмер червь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palmer verme
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পামার কৃমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

palmer ver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacing palmer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Palmer Wurm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パーマーワーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팔머 웜
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacing palmer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sâu palmer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புளிப்பு புழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाल्मर कृमी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Palmer solucanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

palmer verme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Palmer robak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Палмер черв´як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

palmer vierme
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

palmer σκουλήκι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Palmer wurm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Palmer mask
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

palmer orm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of palmer worm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALMER WORM»

The term «palmer worm» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.387 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALMER WORM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALMER WORM»

Discover the use of palmer worm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palmer worm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Palmer-Worm (1901)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Mark Vernon Slingerland, 2010
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The System of Natural History
The grey Palmer Worm is all over of that colour, except in the incifures, some of which are black, and others white, and there are spots of the fame colours here and there : the bristles both above and below, are placed like the teeth of a faw, ...
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1800
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The Natural History of Insects: Compiled from Swammerdam, ...
The reddish bay Palmer Worm, has the sides of the belly of a grey' . ish colour, and the body is variegated with yellow spots, which are of a deep black colour above : there are hairs like rays proceed from them; of a yellowilh colour, which are ...
Jan Swammerdam, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, 1792
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The Angler's Vade Mecum: Containing a Descriptive Account of ...
Three of these sorts are made artificially ; that is, the brown palmer worm, the black palmer worm, and the red palmer worm. The brown palmer worm is made of hog's down, dyed of an amber colour, ribbed with silver twist, and a red cock's  ...
William Carroll (writer on angling.), 1818
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The Complete Works of W. Shakspere: Illustrated with Many ...
The Geneva Bible, 1561, has “ That which is left ot'the palmer-worm hath the grasshopper eaten, and the residue of the grasshopper hath the maker-worm eaten, and the residue at the canker-worm hath the caterpillar eaten." The Arabic  ...
William Shakespeare, Charles Knight, 1843
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An analogy of the Old and New Testaments systematically ...
That which the palmer-worm hath left, bath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left, hath the canker-worm eaten; and that which the canker-worm hath left, hath the caterpillar eaten.—Joel i. 4. And I will restore to you the years that ...
Thomas WHOWELL, 1840
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Insecto-theology: Or a Demonstration of the Being and ...
Thou shalt carry much feed out into the field, but malt gather little in j for the locust mail consume it." Such in effect was the instrument he made use of to punish the iniquities of that people. Ioel i, 5., " The locust hath eaten what the palmer-worm ...
Friedrich Christian Lesser, 1799
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Scripture Natural History; or, a Descriptive account of the ...
William CARPENTER (Editor of the “Political Letter.”.), Gorham Dummer ABBOTT . ground from the branches where they stuck, and so little a fall as this, at that time , was of suflicient force quite to disable, and sometimes perfectly kill them. Nay ...
William CARPENTER (Editor of the “Political Letter.”.), Gorham Dummer ABBOTT, 1833
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The universal angler, or, That art improved in all its ...
Three of these sorts are to be made artificially, viz. the Brown Palmer Worm, the Black Palmer Worm, and the Red Palmer Worm.. The Brown Palmtr is made of aihog'si down, dyed of an amber colour, ribbed with silver twist, with a red cock's  ...
Richard Bowlker, 1766
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The Complete Works of Robert Browning, Volume 11: With ...
“Worship not me but God!” the angels urge: That is love's grandeur: still, in pettier love The nice eye can distinguish grade and grade. Shall mine degrade the velvet green and puce 870 Of caterpillar, palmer-worm—or what— Ball in and out of ...
Robert Browning, Michael Bright, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALMER WORM»

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Victory Over Poverty
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmer worm, my great army which I ... «Nigerian Observer, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Palmer worm [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/palmer-worm>. May 2024 ».
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