fireworm

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fireworm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fireworm \Fire"worm`\, n. (Zool.)
     The larva of a small tortricid moth which eats the leaves of
     the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called
     also cranberry worm.
     [1913 Webster]