dropworm

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English

Etymology

From drop +‎ worm.

Noun

dropworm (plural dropworms)

  1. The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, such as the cankerworm.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dropworm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)