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Definition of Cankerworms
1. cankerworm [n] - See also: cankerworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cankerworms
Literary usage of Cankerworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1901)
"Treats of cankerworms and pistol-case bearer. 748. LOWE, VH Three important
insects injurious to nursery stock. <Proe. 42d Ann. Meet. West. ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"In it we find the currant span-worm, the spring and fall cankerworms, and many
others ... In many species the females are wingless, as in the cankerworms. ..."
3. Legislative Document by New York (State). Legislature (1920)
"cankerworms GLENN W. HERRICK Professor of Economic Entomology Two kinds of
cankerworms are common in the United States, the spring and the fall cankerworm. ..."
4. A Short Introduction to the Literature of the Bible by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"numerous as cankerworms, like cankerworms spreading wings and flying away; crowned
heads and proud marshals, like swarms of grasshoppers in the chill hedges ..."
5. A Short Introduction to the Literature of the Bible by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"numerous as cankerworms, like cankerworms spreading wings and flying away; crowned
heads and proud marshals, like swarms of grasshoppers in the chill hedges ..."
6. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"These include the coddling moth, cankerworms, flower-beetles, ... besides a
generous sprinkling of coddling moth and cankerworms fall prey to this bird. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia of Practical Horticulture: A Reference System of Commercial by Granville Lowther, William Worthington (1914)
"... besides a generous quantity of codling moth pupae and cankerworms. It Is
obvious that such work as this pays many times over for the fruit destroyed. ..."
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