webworm

1. 1.

   several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed

   Broadercaterpillar

   Narrowerfall webwormgarden webworm

   Part ofLasiocampidae

Other forms of webworm

plural

webworms·

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 webworm

What does webworm mean?

webworm means "several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed".

How many syllables are in webworm?

webworm has 2 syllables: web-worm. The stress falls on "web".

Is webworm a common word?

webworm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.