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名詞

budworm (複数形 budworms)

1. Any of various moth caterpillars.
   • 2007 January 21, The Associated Press, “Adirondacks Are His Life, All 101 Years and Counting”, 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.

派生語

• lesser budworm
• spruce budworm
• tobacco budworm