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Definition: COTTON WORM |
COTTON WORM1. (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Aletia argillacea), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm , and Southern army worm . |
| Language | Translations for "COTTON WORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Afrikansk bomuldsugle (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r, Tobacco leaf caterpillar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tabaksrups (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), Eiernestrups (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r, Tobacco leaf caterpillar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | krysanteemiyökkönen (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r, Tobacco leaf caterpillar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | chenille défoliante (Egyptian cotton leafworm), ver du coton (Egyptian cotton leafworm), noctuelle rayee (Egyptian cotton leafworm), noctuelle rayée (Egyptian cotton leafworm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | asiatischer Baumwollwurm (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), afrikanischer Baumwollwurm (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), aegyptischer Baumwollwurm (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), Aegyptische Baumwollraupe,Aegyptischer Baumwollwurm,Afrikaischer Baumwollwurm,Asiatischer Baumwollwurm,Baumwollblattraupe (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, Tobacco leaf caterpillar), aegyptische Baumwollraupe (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | φυλλοφάγος κάμπια του βαμβακιού (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | prodenia litura (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), Larva bruna con macchie vellutate (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r, Tobacco leaf caterpillar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ottoncay ormway rosquilla negra (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r), lagarta (you jade), Gusano negro, Lagarta, Rosquilla, Rosquilla negra (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, Tobacco leaf caterpillar), gusano negro (cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, tobacco caterpillar, tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r). (various references) egyptiskt lövfly (Cluster caterpillar, Egyptian cotton leafworm, Heliothis cluster caterpillar, Heliothis cluster pillar, Mediterranean climbing cutworm, Tobacco caterpillar, Tobacco cutworm, tobacco leaf caterpilla r, Tobacco leaf caterpillar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Prodenia littoralis, Prodenia litura, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera litura. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-m-n-o-o-o-r-t-t-w" | |
-2 letters: moonwort. | |
-3 letters: contort, monocot, towmont. | |
-4 letters: cotton, croton. | |
-5 letters: conto, croon, crown, moron, motor, motto, torot. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Translations: Ancient 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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