Palmer-worm

(Heb. gazam). The English word may denote either a caterpillar (as rendered by the LXX.), which wanders like a palmer or pilgrim, or which travels like pilgrims in bands (Joel 1:4; 2:25), the wingless locusts, or the migratory locust in its larva state.

PALM'ER-WORM, a destructive insect of the locust tribe, figuratively spoken of in Joel 1:4; Am 4:9 as an instrument employed to afflict the rebellious Jews. See Locust.

PALM'ER-WORM, a destructive insect of the locust tribe, figuratively spoken of in Joel 1:4; Am 4:9 as an instrument employed to afflict the rebellious Jews. See Locust.