Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several caterpillars that feed on the leaves of fruit trees, such as the small green caterpillar of the North American moth Dichomeris ligulella.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A caterpillar; especially, a hairy caterpillar injurious to vegetation, but what kind is unknown or undetermined.
- noun In the United States, the larva of the tineid moth Ypsilophus pometella, which in eastern parts of the country appears on the leaves of the apple in June, draws them together, and skeletonizes them.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.
- noun In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of
Ypsolophus pometellus , which sometimes appears in vast numbers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
gelechiid moth , Dichomeris ligulella,destructive to certaintrees .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
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And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
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That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpillar eaten.
Joel 1. 1999
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I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos 4. 1999
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And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Joel 2. 1999
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I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.
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And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host which I sent upon you.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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That which the palmerworm hath left, the locust hath eaten: and that which the locust hath left, the bruchus hath eaten: and that which the bruchus hath left, the mildew hath destroyed.
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And I will restore to you the years which the locust, and the bruchus, and the mildew, and the palmerworm hath eaten; my great host which I sent upon you.
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