How to pronounce armyworm
American English pronunciation
AR-mee-wurm
- IPA
- /ˈɑɹmiˌwɝm/
- Syllables
- AR · mee · wurm (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What armyworm means
A caterpillar that sweeps over crops in hungry crowds
In a sentence: A swarm of armyworms chewed the green stalks in the farmer's field.
Where it comes from: The name joins "army" and "worm," because the grubs eat their way across fields in big groups.
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