"cutworm" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From cut + worm, from the habit of eating through the stem of plants, or possibly from cutty (“short”).",
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          "name": "Noctuoid moths",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "army cutworm"
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          "word": "cutworm moth"
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          "word": "pale western cutworm"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "larva",
          "word": "地蠶"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "dìcán",
          "sense": "larva",
          "word": "地蚕"
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          "sense": "larva",
          "word": "toukka"
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          "sense": "larva",
          "word": "ʻenuhe hele pō"
        }
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  "word": "cutworm"
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      "sense": "larva",
      "word": "地蠶"
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      "sense": "larva",
      "word": "地蚕"
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  "word": "cutworm"
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