vetchworm
- noun
- Specialized
:
gusano de la veza
- The vetchworm can quickly destroy entire fields of young corn if not controlled early.
Examples
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Farmers took measures to protect their tomato crops from a sudden outbreak of vetchworms.
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Research shows that the vetchworm prefers moist conditions for laying its eggs.
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The vetchworm is a serious threat to corn crops.
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Farmers are worried about the vetchworm infestation.
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Farmers took measures to protect their tomato crops from a sudden outbreak of vetchworms.
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The vetchworm can quickly destroy entire fields of young corn if not controlled early.
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The vetchworm is a serious threat to corn crops.
Synonyms
1
7.9
A large green caterpillar with a horn at its tail that eats tomato plants
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8.7
A caterpillar that eats cotton bolls and other crops
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7.7
An insect, usually a moth or its caterpillar, that eats holes in corn stems and harms the crop
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8.4
A caterpillar that cuts young plants at ground level
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8.5
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tomato and potato plants
A caterpillar that eats and damages corn and other crop plants
A caterpillar that eats and damages crops like cotton and corn
A caterpillar that eats and damages crops like tomatoes and corn
A small caterpillar that eats crops like cotton, corn, and tomatoes
A moth whose caterpillars eat crops like corn and cotton
A medium-sized insect whose caterpillar eats crops like corn and tomato and causes damage
A small moth whose caterpillars tunnel into corn stems and damage crops
A small moth whose young caterpillars make holes in corn stems and damage crops
A moth whose caterpillars, called fall armyworms, eat and destroy crops like maize
A group of moths whose caterpillars, called armyworms, eat farm crops
A group of moths whose caterpillars eat crops and can be pests
A moth whose caterpillars move in large groups and eat crops
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grain
A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like wheat and alfalfa
A moth whose caterpillars, called armyworms, travel in large groups and eat grain and alfalfa crops
A group of moths whose caterpillars are army cutworms that damage crops
A caterpillar that eats the leaves of beets and other vegetables and damages crops
A group of moths active at night whose caterpillars often damage crops
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tomato and tobacco plants
A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tobacco and similar plants
A small caterpillar that eats seeds inside cotton bolls and damages cotton plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vetchworm combines the plant name vetch (a kind of pea or clover) and the common word worm, which here means 'caterpillar'. So a vetchworm is a caterpillar first seen on vetch plants that eats crops, which is why the name fits a pest that can destroy fields.