FALL ARMYWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fall armyworm mean? 

• FALL ARMYWORM (noun)
  The noun FALL ARMYWORM has 1 sense:

1. larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains

  Familiarity information: FALL ARMYWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALL ARMYWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fall armyworm; Spodoptera frugiperda

Hypernyms ("fall armyworm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)