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BEET ARMYWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
Synonyms:
beet armyworm; Spodoptera exigua
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beet armyworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Holonyms ("beet armyworm" is a member of...):
genus Spodoptera; Spodoptera (moths whose larvae are armyworms)
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