noun
- caterpillars that feed on leaves and move in large groups, often causing damage to crops and vegetation
Usage: biblical; archaic
Examples
- The palmerworms stripped the vineyard bare in a matter of days.
- Ancient texts describe swarms of palmerworms devouring entire harvests.
- The farmer watched helplessly as palmerworms consumed his apple orchard.
- Biblical accounts mention palmerworms among the plagues that devastated crops.
- The palmerworms moved across the field like a living carpet.
- Historians note that palmerworms were a recurring threat to medieval agriculture.