A worm, destructive to trees or plants. In America, this name is given to a worm that, in some years, destroys the leaves and fruit of apple trees. This animal springs from an egg deposited by a miller, that issues from the ground.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Evil doer Roget’s Thesaurus §913
N. evil doer, evil worker, # wrongdoer, mischief-maker, marplot, oppressor, tyrant, destroyer, vandal, iconoclast|, firebrand, incendiary, fire bug, pyromaniac, anarchist, communist|, terrorist, savage, brute, ruffian, barbarian, semibarbarian, caitiff, desperado, apache, hoodlum, hood, plug-ugly*, pug-ugly*, red skin, tough, mohawk, mo-hock, mo-hawk, bludgeon man, bully, rough, hooligan, larrikin, dangerous classes, ugly customer, thief, cockatrice, scorpion, hornet, snake, viper, adder, snake in the grass, serpent, cobra, asp, rattlesnake, anaconda|, canker-worm, wire-worm, locust, colorado beetle, alacran, alligator, caymon, crocodile, mosquito, mugger, octopus, torpedo, bane, cutthroat, cannibal, anthropophagus|, anthropophagist|, bloodsucker, vampire, ogre, ghoul, gorilla, vulture, gyrfalcon|, gerfalcon|, wild beast, tiger, hyena, butcher, hangman, blood-hound, hell-hound, sleuth-hound, catamount, cougar, jaguar, puma, hag, hellhag, beldam, jezebel, monster, fiend, devil incarnate, demon in human shape, frankenstein's monster, harpy, siren, furies, eumenides, hun, attila, scourge of the human race
Phr. faenum habet in cornu, 3, special sympathetic affections
No Bible verses found for "canker-worm".