BEET ARMYWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does beet armyworm mean? 

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

1. moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEET ARMYWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

beet armyworm; Spodoptera exigua

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

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

Holonyms ("beet armyworm" is a member of...):

genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)