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northern corn rootworm

noun

Definition of NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM

:  a corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi syn. D. longicornis) often destructive to Indian corn in the northern parts of the central and eastern United States
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First Known Use of NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM

1952

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