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Meaning Of Palmerworm
n.
Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers,
devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is
applied also to other voracious insects.
n.
In America, the larva of any one of several moths,
which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of
Ypsolophus pometellus, which sometimes appears in vast numbers.