POTATO WORM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm

Synonyms:

Manduca quinquemaculata; potato worm; tomato hornworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("potato worm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

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