Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palmerworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: palmer-worm
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.

Archaic

noun

A gelechiid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, destructive to fruit trees.

Example Sentences

"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you."
"If history repeats itself in the case of the palmerworm, fruit growers are not likely to encounter this insect in injurious numbers more than once in a lifetime, since in the past outbreaks have occurred only at intervals of[…]"

Etymology

From palmer + worm, because wandering about like a palmer.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

palmerworms (plural) palmer-worm (alternative) palmer worm (alternative)

Questions

What does palmerworm mean?: Any small, terrestrial invertebrate, usually an agricultural pest and having many legs and a hairy body.
Where does palmerworm come from?: From palmer + worm, because wandering about like a palmer.

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