Definitions
North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
Word origin
From cut + worm, from the habit of eating through the stem of plants, or possibly from cutty (“short”).
Used in a sentence
“I listened while they discussed putting stove ash at the base of tomato plants to keep off cutworms or Mama bragged on how fast I was learning to read.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Crop-damaging larva”7 letters
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