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

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.

Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..

Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..

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

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

Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To canker.

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..

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

Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

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

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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