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See Canker, n., 1.
That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
A fly that preys on fruit.
A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Canker
a.
Surly; sore; malignant.
n.
See Canker, n., 1.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Canker
n.
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.
v. t.
To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
a.
Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
v. i.
To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
a.
Like a canker; full of canker.
a.
Affecting like a canker.
n.
The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm.
a.
Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured.
n.
Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid.
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.
a.
Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.
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