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span·worm

(spăn′wûrm′)

[From span.]

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spanworm

(ˈspænˌwɜːm)

(Animals) a larva of a type of moth

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Length of forewings recovered in feeding roosts ranged from 1.3 cm for the lesser maple spanworm moth (Itame pustularia) to 4.1 cm in the bride (Catocala neogama).