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TOBACCO HORNWORM

Dictionary entry overview: What does tobacco hornworm mean?

• TOBACCO HORNWORM (noun)
The noun TOBACCO HORNWORM has 1 sense:

1. large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm

Familiarity information: TOBACCO HORNWORM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TOBACCO HORNWORM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm

Hypernyms ("tobacco hornworm" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("tobacco hornworm" is a member of...):

genus Manduca; Manduca (moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms)

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