(medicine, dated) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

A fly that preys on fruit.

plural of canker fly

Any of several plant diseases causing the formation of dark cankers. / The larva of the turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae), an agricultural pest having the appearance of a black caterpillar.

plural of black canker

The state or quality of being cankered.

Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves. / (figuratively) A corrupting or destructive force.

Resembling or characteristic of a canker.

plural of cankerworm

Like a canker. / Full of canker. / Surly; malignant; cantankerous.