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CURRANT WORM

Definition: CURRANT WORM

CURRANT WORM

1. (Zo["o]l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: CURRANT WORM

Language Translations for "CURRANT WORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stor stikkelsbaerbladhveps (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

bessebladwesp (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

isokarviaispistiäinen (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

French

  

tenthrède jaune du groseillier (imported currant worm), nemate du groseillier (imported currant worm). (various references)

   

German

  

gelbe Stachelbeerblattwespe (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πτερονιδία της φραγκοσταφυλής (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm), πτερονιδία του ριβησίου (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tentredine del ribes (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

urrantcay ormway

   

Spanish

  

tentredina del grosellero (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krusbärsstekel (common gooseberry sawfly, imported currant worm). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CURRANT WORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-m-n-o-r-r-r-t-u-w"

-4 letters: courant, curator, currant, cutworm, rancour, romaunt.

-5 letters: amount, antrum, armour, cantor, carrom, carrot, carton, contra, cornua, cowman, craton, curran, macron, marron, marrow, matron, mortar, narrow, outman, outran, outwar, rancor, toucan, trocar, turaco.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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