HyperDic: tobacco_hornworm

English > 1 sense of the expression tobacco hornworm:
NOUNanimaltobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sextalarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants
English > tobacco hornworm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm.
Synonymstomato worm, Manduca sexta
Member ofManduca, genus Manducamoths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
BroadercaterpillarA wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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