budworm

English

Etymology

bud +‎ worm

Noun

budworm (plural budworms)

  1. Any of various moth caterpillars.
    • 2007 January 21, The Associated Press, “Adirondacks Are His Life, All 101 Years and Counting”, in New York Times‎:
      After working briefly for a federal entomologist to control the spruce budworm — and spraying DDT from the air — he returned to the Adirondacks in 1946 to be district ranger at Cranberry Lake for 11 years.

Derived terms
  • lesser budworm
  • spruce budworm
  • tobacco budworm
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