palmerworm

American  

[pah-mer-wurm] / ˈpɑ mərˌwɜrm /

noun

1. the larva of a tineid moth, Dichomeris ligulella, of the eastern U.S., that feeds on the leaves of apple and other fruit trees.

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Etymology

Origin of palmerworm

First recorded in 1550–60; palmer ¹ + worm

Example Sentences

That which the palmerworm hath left Hath the locust eaten; And that which the locust hath left Hath the cankerworm eaten; And that which the cankerworm hath left Hath the caterpillar eaten.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green

The plagues of Egypt as written in the Book of Exodus, furnish an example; as also the incursions of cankerworm, locust, caterpillar and palmerworm recorded elsewhere in Scripture.

From Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by McCook, Henry Christopher

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, The cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, My great army which I sent among you.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

That which the palmerworm hath left Hath the cankerworm eaten; And that which the cankerworm hath left Hath the caterpillar eaten.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall