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POTATO MOTH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does potato moth mean?

• POTATO MOTH (noun)
The noun POTATO MOTH has 1 sense:

1. greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm

Familiarity information: POTATO MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POTATO MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm; Phthorimaea operculella

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

gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)

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