CHORIZAGROTIS AUXILIARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chorizagrotis auxiliaris mean? 

• CHORIZAGROTIS AUXILIARIS (noun)
  The noun CHORIZAGROTIS AUXILIARIS has 1 sense:

1. larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states

  Familiarity information: CHORIZAGROTIS AUXILIARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHORIZAGROTIS AUXILIARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

army cutworm; Chorizagrotis auxiliaris

Hypernyms ("Chorizagrotis auxiliaris" is a kind of...):

cutworm (North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground)

Holonyms ("Chorizagrotis auxiliaris" is a member of...):

Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis (moths whose larvae are army cutworms)