| NOUN | animal | bollworm | any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls |
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| Meaning | Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls. | |
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| Narrower | corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth |
| pink bollworm, Gelechia gossypiella | larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia | |
| Broader | caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
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