Dropworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dropworm \Drop"worm`\ (dr[o^]p"w[^u]rm`), n. (Zool.)
     The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by
     means of a thread of silk, as the {cankerworm} or {inchworm}.
     See {inchworm} and {geometrid}.
     [1913 Webster]