| NOUN | animal | Manduca quinquemaculata, tomato hornworm, potato worm | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants |
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| animal | Manduca quinquemaculata | moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms |
| Meaning | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm. | |
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| Synonyms | tomato hornworm, potato worm | |
| Broader | caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
| Meaning | moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms. | |
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| Member of | Manduca, genus Manduca | moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms |
| Broader | hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth | Any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed |
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