Cankerworm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cankerworm is a noun meaning Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
Meaning
Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
More Meanings
- (figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Example Sentences
O cursed Eld the cankerworme of writs, / How may these rimes, so rude as doth appeare, / Hope to endure, sith workes of heauenly wits / Are quite deuourd, and brought to nought by little bits?
Word Forms
- cankerworms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fruitworm, dropworm, caterpillar, budworm, cutworm, leafworm.
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