cankerworm

English Thesaurus

1. green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	caterpillar,
definition	:	a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	spring cankerworm,
definition	:	variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	fall cankerworm,
definition	:	green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family geometridae, geometridae,
definition	:	measuring worms (noun.animal)