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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dropworm

/(drŏp"wûrm`)/ · Drop·worm · IPA
01 n. The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm. See inchworm and geometrid.
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    The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm or inchworm. See inchworm and geometrid.(Zool.) See: inchworm, geometrid