cutworm
noun
cutworm is a noun meaning “The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-T-W-O-R-M and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cutworm is cutworms.
What does cutworm mean?
noun
- 1
The larva of any of the many moths of the family Noctuidae, considered an agricultural pest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cutworm?
Cutworm has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cutworm
- cutworms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cutworm?
Cutworm appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does cutworm come from?
From cut + worm, from the habit of eating through the stem of plants, or possibly from cutty (“short”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).