"armyworm" meaning in English

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        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera exempta",
          "word": "African armyworm"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera exigua",
          "word": "beet armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera pulchella",
          "word": "Caribbean armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna unipuncta",
          "word": "common armyworm"
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        {
          "alt": "syn. Leucania loreyi",
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna separata",
          "word": "cosmopolitan armyworm"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera frugiperda",
          "word": "fall armyworm"
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        {
          "alt": "syn. Leucania loreyi",
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna separata",
          "word": "false armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera cilium",
          "word": "grasslawn armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera mauritia",
          "word": "lawn armyworm"
        },
        {
          "alt": "syn, Persectania ewingii",
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna separata",
          "word": "northern armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna separata",
          "word": "Oriental armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera eridania",
          "word": "southern armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera dolichos",
          "word": "sweet potato armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Mythimna unipuncta",
          "word": "true armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera latifascia",
          "word": "velvet armyworm"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera ornithogalli",
          "word": "yellow-striped armyworm"
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          "taxonomic": "Spodoptera praefica",
          "word": "western yellowstriped armyworm"
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        {
          "word": "army worm"
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          "word": "army-worm"
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          "word": "lagarta-do-cartucho"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera exempta",
      "word": "African armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera exigua",
      "word": "beet armyworm"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera pulchella",
      "word": "Caribbean armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Mythimna unipuncta",
      "word": "common armyworm"
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      "alt": "syn. Leucania loreyi",
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      "word": "cosmopolitan armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera frugiperda",
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      "word": "grasslawn armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera mauritia",
      "word": "lawn armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Mythimna separata",
      "word": "northern armyworm"
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      "word": "Oriental armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera eridania",
      "word": "southern armyworm"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera dolichos",
      "word": "sweet potato armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Mythimna unipuncta",
      "word": "true armyworm"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera latifascia",
      "word": "velvet armyworm"
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera ornithogalli",
      "word": "yellow-striped armyworm"
    },
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      "taxonomic": "Spodoptera praefica",
      "word": "western yellowstriped armyworm"
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