armyworm

Other forms of armyworm

plural

armyworms·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about armyworm

What does armyworm mean?

armyworm means "noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in armyworm?

armyworm has 3 syllables and divides as ar-my-worm under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for armyworm?

Close synonyms include army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, Pseudaletia unipuncta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is armyworm a common word?

armyworm is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.