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Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..

Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..

Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.

Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..

Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..

Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.

Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..

Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

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