northern corn rootworm

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Origin of northern corn rootworm

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby northern corn rootworm

Northern Cameroons, northern canoe, Northern Cape, northern cardinal, northern corn-leaf blight, northern corn rootworm, Northern Cross, Northern Crown, Northern Dvina, Northerner, northern harrier

How to use northern corn rootworm in a sentence

Unconfirmed reports in the French media claimed that the brothers were spotted at a gas station in northern France on Thursday.
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As of Thursday night, the brothers remained on the loose, last seen in northern France.
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His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.
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There were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.
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On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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He signalized himself by a great victory which he obtained on the banks of the Neva, over the northern powers.
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The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Out gets Uncle David, looking brown and healthy after his northern excursion.
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It was near the hour, by the time they got there, when David Arden would arrive from his northern point of departure.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
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