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cabbage worm
(gcide) | cabbage worm \cab"bage worm`\, cabbageworm \cab"bage*worm`\n.
(Zool.),
the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which
attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of
a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, ({Pieris
rap[ae]}). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of
young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several
species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm.
larva of a cabbage butterfly.
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cabbage worm
(gcide) | cabbage worm \cab"bage worm`\, cabbageworm \cab"bage*worm`\n.
(Zool.),
the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which
attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of
a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, ({Pieris
rap[ae]}). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of
young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several
species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm.
larva of a cabbage butterfly.
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