Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The larva of Aletia xylina (Say), an insect very destructive to the cotton-crop of the United States and of Central and South America.
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Examples
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When the cotton-worm appears early in the season there are usually three broods.
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The cotton-worm, the wheat-midge, the canker-worms, the potato-bugs, are each every year increasing in numbers and destructiveness.
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Riley), we have known the last brood of the cotton-worm to be annihilated, and Mr. H.G. Hubbard reported the same experience at
Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 Various
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