HyperDic: potato_worm

English > 1 sense of the expression potato worm:
NOUNanimalpotato worm, tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculatalarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants
English > potato worm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm.
Synonymstomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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