HyperDic: corn_earworm

English > 1 sense of the expression corn earworm:
NOUNanimalcorn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zialarva of a noctuid moth
English > corn earworm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops.
Synonymscotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zia
Member ofNoctuidae, family Noctuidaecutworms
BroaderbollwormAny of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

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