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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leafworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
leaf-worm
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.

Etymology

From Middle English leyf worme, lef-worme, from Old English lēafwyrm (“caterpillar”). By surface analysis, leaf + worm.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

leafworms (plural) leaf worm (alternative) leaf-worm (alternative)

Phrases

African cotton leafworm cotton leafworm cotton leafworm moth Egyptian cotton leafworm oriental leafworm moth

Questions

What does leafworm mean?
A caterpillar, especially that eats the leaves of plants.
Where does leafworm come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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