Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Cutworm"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cutworm
n : North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems
cutting them off at the ground
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