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Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..

Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..

Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.

Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..

Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.

Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.

Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..

Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.

Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..

Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..

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