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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1816 any of various smooth-bodied chiefly nocturnal noctuid moth caterpillars which often feed on young plant stems near ground level

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of various caterpillars that eat through the stems of young plants level with the ground.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cutworm Cut"worm` (-w?rm`), n. (Zo["o]l.) 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 larv[ae] of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.