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palmerworm

palmerworm


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmerworm  \Palm"er*worm`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  Any  hairy  caterpillar  which  appears  in  great  numbers, 
  devouring  herbage,  and  wandering  about  like  a  palmer. 
  The  name  is  applied  also  to  other  voracious  insects. 
  --Joel.  i.  4. 
  b  In  America,  the  larva  of  any  one  of  several  moths, 
  which  destroys  the  foliage  of  fruit  and  forest  trees, 
  esp.  the  larva  of  {Ypsolophus  pometellus},  which 
  sometimes  appears  in  vast  numbers. 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Palmer-worm 
  (Heb.  gazam).  The  English  word  may  denote  either  a  caterpillar 
  (as  rendered  by  the  LXX.),  which  wanders  like  a  palmer  or 
  pilgrim,  or  which  travels  like  pilgrims  in  bands  (Joel  1:4; 
  2:25),  the  wingless  locusts,  or  the  migratory  locust  in  its 
  larva  state.