Cutworm
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A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage,corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees andeat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves inthe earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species ofAgrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.
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