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Meaning Of Cutworm
n.
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of
cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit
trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal
themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various
species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.