"leafworm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: leafworms [plural], leaf worm [alternative], leaf-worm [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English *leefworm, *lefwurm, from Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”), equivalent to leaf + worm. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm||*leefworm, *lefwurm}} Middle English *leefworm, *lefwurm, {{inh|en|ang|lēafwyrm||caterpillar}} Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”), {{compound|en|leaf|worm}} leaf + worm Head templates: {{en-noun}} leafworm (plural leafworms)
  1. Any caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants. Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Moths Derived forms: African cotton leafworm (taxonomic: Spodoptera littoralis), cotton leafworm (taxonomic: Spodoptera litura), cotton leafworm moth (taxonomic: Alabama argillacea), Egyptian cotton leafworm (taxonomic: Spodoptera littoralis), oriental leafworm moth (taxonomic: Spodoptera litura) Translations (type of caterpillar): eruga [feminine] (Catalan), طرتیل (tırtıl) (Ottoman Turkish), gąsienica [feminine] (Polish), licha [feminine] (Polish), liszka [feminine] (Polish)

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Alternative forms

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