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corn borer in American English
the larva of a European moth (Ostrinia nubilalis), now a destructive pest in the U.S., feeding on corn and other plants
noun: any of several pyralid moths, as Pyrausta (ostrinia) nubilalis (European corn borer), the larvae of which bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants

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