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    GENUS MANDUCA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornwormsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Manduca; Manduca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Manduca" is a kind of...):

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Manduca"):

    Manduca sexta (moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms)

    Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm (large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm)

    Manduca quinquemaculata (moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms)

    Holonyms ("genus Manduca" is a member of...):

    family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

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