army worm

Questions about army worm

What is another word for army worm?

It depends which army worm you mean. In the sense “noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain”, the synonyms are armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of army worm?

WordNet records no antonym for army worm. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for army worm come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of army worm

• Full entry for army wormAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for army wormWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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