cutworm(n = noun.animal) - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground;
is a kind of caterpillar
is a member of family noctuidae, noctuidae
has particulars: army cutworm, chorizagrotis auxiliaris
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of
cutworm, n. any of various caterpillars that eat through the stems of young plants level with the ground.